Child Welfare
Summary
Child Welfare; Revising payment rates for relative and nonrelative caregivers under the Relative Caregiver Program; revising and specifying room and board rates paid by the Department of Children and Families; revising fee waiver eligibility for students who are or were placed in the custody of a relative or nonrelative to include certain students; creating a tuition and fee exemption for students who enter the custody of the department after a specified age and who are reunited with their parent or parents before reaching a specified age and after spending at least 18 months in out-of-home care, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 26, 2022
Signed Apr 12, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2022 · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 23, 2022
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican23
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Apr 12, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/21/22, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/02/22, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
Jan 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/18/22, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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