Amendment #1 to H3836

An Act relative to the safety and well-being of children in the custody of the department of children and families

The committee on Bills in the Third Reading recommends that the bill be amended Engrossed Bill relative to the safety and well-being of children in the custody of the department of children and families (see House, No. 3836) being section 63 contained in the Engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (see House, No. 3829), which was returned by His Excellency the Governor pursuant to Article LVI with recommendation of amendment specified by him, (see Attachment D of  House, No. 3838)

Reports recommending that the amendment recommended by His Excellency the Governor be considered in the following form:

By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“SECTION 1. On or before February 29, 2016, the department of children and families shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on any new or updated policies, procedures and guidelines put into place at the department over the last year in order to provide systemic improvements that shall ensure the safety and well-being of children in the custody of the department and in-home placements and shall provide an update on the progress made in each area. The report shall include any performance benchmarks used to assess new or updated policies as well as any procedures the department will take to improve its evaluation of children suspected of abuse or neglect.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of November 2, 2015.”.