CS/CS/SB 1120 (2022) -  Child Welfare

General Bill by Appropriations and Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Rodriguez
Child Welfare: Authorizing the Department of Children and Families, under certain circumstances, to place children in its custody in therapeutic group homes for residential mental health treatment without prior court approval; providing that the department, rather than the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall appoint qualified evaluators to conduct suitability assessments of certain children in the department’s custody; revising requirements for suitability assessments, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 03/02/22 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 893 (Ch. 2022-55) -SJ 515 on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 6:43 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 01/25/22 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 02/16/22 10:00 AM
    • Recommendation: Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 11   Nays 0
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 02/24/22 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 19   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 893 Subject: Child Welfare Placements Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 426412 , Appropriations, Rodriguez Date Filed: 02/23/22, Line#: 31 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/25/2022 01:31 PM
    • A 805500 , Appropriations, Rodriguez Date Filed: 02/23/22, Line#: 184 Senate(c): Withdrawn 02/25/2022 01:31 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 398718 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 01/24/22, Line#: 23 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/25/2022 07:18 PM
    • A 689834 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Rodriguez Date Filed: 01/24/22, Line#: 63 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/25/2022 10:55 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 2/25/2022 2:25:56 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 2/23/2022 9:10:32 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 2/16/2022 1:22:01 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 2/15/2022 12:17:13 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 1/25/2022 7:16:27 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 1/24/2022 9:55:48 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 893 (Ch. 2022-55) -SJ 515 Time: 03/02/2022 - 6:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/HB 893 -SJ 515 Time: 03/02/2022 - 6:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 515 Time: 03/02/2022 - 6:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/01/2022 - 11:11 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 456 Time: 02/28/2022 - 3:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/22 -SJ 484 Time: 02/25/2022 - 2:55 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 02/25/2022 - 2:47 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/25/2022 - 2:31 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 454 Time: 02/24/2022 - 2:37 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/21/2022 - 2:17 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 02/16/2022 - 1:41 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 370 Time: 02/16/2022 - 11:21 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/16/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/11/2022 - 1:52 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 222 Time: 01/26/2022 - 4:16 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Time: 01/26/2022 - 3:02 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/26/2022 - 8:46 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 218 Time: 01/25/2022 - 11:40 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building Time: 01/20/2022 - 1:33 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 75 Time: 01/11/2022 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 75 Time: 01/05/2022 - 12:10 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 12/01/2021 - 9:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
39.407 CS/CS/HB 893, SB 948, HB 1549
63.207 CS/CS/HB 893
258.0142 CS/CS/HB 893
409.166 CS/CS/HB 893
409.1664 CS/HB 3, CS/SB 438, HB 465, CS/CS/HB 893
414.045 CS/CS/HB 893