03/25/2014 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

              HCR 21-CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:35:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS announced that the  next order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION  NO. 21,  Proclaiming April  2014 as                                                               
Child Abuse Prevention Month.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:36:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TARR, via teleconference,  testified in support of                                                               
HCR  21,  as  the  sponsor  of the  resolution.    She  expressed                                                               
recognition of April  as Child Abuse Awareness  Month, and stated                                                               
that it would help raise the  profile of this and similar issues,                                                               
in order to  "break the silence."  She directed  attention to the                                                               
numbers for child  abuse incidences in the  resolution, which had                                                               
been gathered from the DHSS  monthly on-line reports [Included in                                                               
members'  packets].    She stated  that  this  resolution  joined                                                               
others in support across the United  States, and she pointed to a                                                               
chronology for  the national effort  toward recognition  of Child                                                               
Abuse  Awareness  going  back  to   1974  [Included  in  members'                                                               
packets].   She  expressed her  desire to  share this  resolution                                                               
with agencies and organizations that  worked on these issues, and                                                               
with legislators to  share with their constituents.   She offered                                                               
examples of some planned events.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS expressed his support for the proposed resolution.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:40:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER  moved  to  report  HCR  21,  Version  28-                                                               
LS1522\U, out  of committee  with individual  recommendations and                                                               
the accompanying  zero fiscal notes.   There being  no objection,                                                               
HCR  21 was  moved  from  the House  Health  and Social  Services                                                               
Standing Committee.