2017 Senate Bill 420 ↩

House Roll Call 84: Passed

To revise details of considerations used in deciding whether a child placed in foster care should be released to the custody of his or her parents. Among other things, the package comprised of Senate Bills 419 to 421 would revise the statutory definition of "neglect" so that it aligns with some recent court rulings, including one potentially limiting neglect findings related to a parent's lack of financial resources, but not if the parent was offered and did not take social welfare benefits.