HB4344 S H&HR AMT #1 3-3

Dellinger  7965

The Committee on Health and Human Resources moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4344— A Bill to repeal §49-2-125 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; amend and reenact §49-1-203 of said code; to amend and reenact §49-2-111a, §49-2-111c, and §49-2-809 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §49-2-111d and §49-2-111e; to amend and reenact §49-4-405, §49-4-501 and §49-4-601 of said code; to amend and reenact §49-5-101 of said code; and to amend and reenact §49-9-101, §49-9-103, §49-9-105, §49-9-106 and §49-9-107 of said code, all relating to foster care; creating new definitions; deleting outdated language; requiring bureau of social services to issue a request for proposal to incorporate into its PATH system a matching database, and to create a dashboard database; requiring study of centralized intake; requiring salaries of direct service employees be increased and the Division of Personnel to increase certain salary ranges; implementation of the pay rates and employment requirements shall not be subject to grievance procedures or private lawsuits; requiring that any report by a physician mandatory reporter shall be automatically considered accepted by centralized intake and a referral for investigation made; requiring circuit courts to enable multidisciplinary treatment team to meet monthly; including managed care case coordinator in multidisciplinary treatment team; allowing department to hire counsel; requiring sheriff’s office to serve notice of hearing without additional compensation; permitting child agency or facility to disclose confidential information in certain circumstances; requiring foster care ombudsman to make recommendations in accordance with the Foster Child Bill of Rights and the Foster and Kinship Parent Bill of Rights; authorizing ombudsman to have access to kinship family; exempting foster care ombudsman from testifying about official duties; making ombudsman’s records confidential and not admissible in evidence; removing circumstance for authorizing disclosure of confidential matters; making investigation of complaint confidential except when imminent risk of harm reported to foster care ombudsman; and requiring ombudsman to maintain confidentiality with respect to all matters and exceptions.

Adopted

Rejected