HHS policy omnibus bill

Omnibus HHS policy bill – now law – includes provisions on child protection screening

By Colleen Doescher-Train|2016-12-01T19:33:01-06:00May 23rd, 2014|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 88th legislative session, child protection screening, HHS policy omnibus bill, MN child welfare policy, new Minnesota law, OLA screening report|

As mentioned in yesterday's post, Governor Dayton signed into law the omnibus Heath and Human Service Policy bill (H.F. 2402 / Chapter 291) on Wednesday, May 21. The new law includes language that will "require counties to maintain sufficient information to identify repeat reports alleging maltreatment of the same child for 365 days, for reports [...]

Smoke-free foster homes in Minnesota

The delete-all amendment was recently posted for the Health & Human Services Policy omnibus bill. Within this amendment, under Article 1: Children and Family Services, there are provisions requiring smoke-free environments in foster homes. First, home studies of prospective foster parents would have to include the capacity of a foster parent to provide a smoke-free [...]

HHS policy omnibus bill

May 2014

Omnibus HHS policy bill – now law – includes provisions on child protection screening

March 2014

Smoke-free foster homes in Minnesota