On February 13, the Family Reunification Act was introduced in Minnesota's Senate as S.F. 422. The Family Reunification Act would allow parents whose parental rights have been terminated to have their rights restored, under certain circumstances. This Act had been introduced last year and was one of the bills we were tracking. There are two [...]
Remember to follow our bill tracking efforts! UPDATED 2-19-2013, 12:30 PM Senate will be in session at 11:00 AM on Monday, February 18 and 11:00 AM on Thursday, February 21.House meets in session at 3:00 PM on Monday, February 18 and 12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 20. Child Welfare2/18, 12:00 PM, 15 Capitol: Senate Health, [...]
Remember to follow our bill tracking efforts! Senate will be in session at 11:00 AM on Monday, February 11.House meets in session at 3:00 PM on Monday, February 11. Governor's budget 2/12, 10:00 AM, 200 SOB: House Health & Human Services Finance Committee—MDH to present the Governor's budget proposals.2/13, 10:00 AM, 200 SOB: House Health [...]
I will try to post as early as I can in the week about child welfare-relevant upcoming committee hearings during Minnesota's 88th legislative session. I thought it would be a good idea to organize based on topic, rather than date. Let me know what you think of my methods. As always, remember to follow our [...]
JaeRan Kim recently blogged about the Uninterrupted Scholars Act on our Stability, Permanency, and Adoption Blog. I've cross-posted her post here; to read the whole post, please visit the original post. Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) along with bipartisan support from fellow members of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Reps. Tom Marino (R-PA), Michelle Bachmann [...]
Yesterday Minnesota's 88th legislative session convened. This blog post is really more about providing information regarding new leadership and committee makeup, not child welfare-related items. Remember, we are tracking child welfare-related bills. As of right now, we are only set up to follow Minnesota-specific child welfare legislation. In the future we hope to change this [...]
On December 19 the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012 (H.R. 6655) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for consideration. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) introduced Protect Our Kids legislation (S. 3705) in the U.S. Senate on December 21 with bipartisan support, including the 2011 version's sponsor, Sen. John [...]
The title of this blog post lists some of the potential policy solutions I've seen in policy discussions on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. As with most violent acts that catch the eye of the nation, advocates are calling for policy solutions that span the liberal-conservative political spectrum. Such knee-jerk solutions include stronger gun [...]