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H.B.
11 (Jerse)
Day Care Providers
Passed by the House of Representatives, currently awaiting hearings in
Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice.
Link to HB 11:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_11
H.B.
12. (Aslanides) Carrying
Concealed Weapon
The bill was voted out of Conference Committee and was signed by the
Governor on January 8, 2004. The
new law becomes effective on April 8, 2004.
The law will specifies that carrying a concealed weapon is
prohibited in public buildings or where public offices are located as
well as child day-care centers, including day care centers in the home.
Link
to a page created by the Ohio Attorney General explaining the
requirements and procedures required by the new law. It includes
information on training requirements, signage for businesses, etc. As
the law allows governmental buildings to prohibit concealed weapons,
PCSAO suggests your review the suggested signage to be posted your
agency building. http://www.ag.state.oh.us/web_applications/concealcarry/About.asp
Link
to HB 12:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_12
H.B.
76 (Widowfield)
Shaken Baby Syndrome
This bill was introduced February 26, 2003.
It requires the director of health to establish the shaken baby
awareness and prevention program by requiring hospitals and freestanding
birthing centers to offer to parents of newborn children a Shaken Baby
Syndrome video to view. If
the parents choose to view the video, they have the option to sign a
participation form stating that she has viewed the video.
There is no funding for establishing this program.
Link to H.B. 76:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_76
H.B.
117 (Widowfield) Foster
Parent Training Bill
Sub. HB 117 passed out of the Senate on April 21, 2004. PCSAO Senate
testimony is attached. The amendment allowing dual foster parent
certification and adoption approval status for resource families was
removed in the Senate. The bill has passed both Houses of the General
Assembly, and should be up for final concurrence before the House soon.
Link to HB 117: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_117
PCSAO Senate
Testimony
PCSAO HB
117 Resource Family Amendment, line 269-276
H.B.
130 (Reidelbach) Kinship
Care Affidavit
Sub. HB 130, which creates a mechanism for grandparent caregivers,
passed both Houses of the General Assembly, and was signed by Governor
Taft on April 19, 2004, to become effective 90 days later. PCSAO
provided supportive testimony in both houses of the General Assembly,
prior to its passages. The reported bill was amended to remove all
provisions requiring paperwork to be filed with PCSAs. Instead,
paperwork is to be filed, at no cost, with the Juvenile Court in the
county of the grandparent caregiver's residence (or court of
original jurisdiction if the child is already involved in another
court). Affidavits are not filed with PCSAs and (2) the Affidavit be
extended to include all relatives and kin, not just grandparents.
Link to H.B. 130: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_130
PCSAO testimony
of H.B. 130
H.B.
207 (Mason)
Religion and Child Abuse
This
bill is also regarding reporting of child abuse and neglect by religious
entities (the other bill is S.B. 100).
Link to H.B. 207:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_207
H.B.
225 (Olman)
Mental Health Parity
HB
225 passed out of the Ohio House Insurance Committee and
passed out of the full House of Representatives (52-42) on February 4,
2004.
PCSAO provided supportive testimony when it was heard in October
2003. Mental Health Parity
legislation would help many families access appropriate mental health
needs in a timely manner, before the crisis escalates.
John Dillon, Policy
Manager for PCSAO, testified (November 9, 2004) in support of the Mental
Health Parity Bill in font of the Senate Insurance, Commerce, and Labor
Committee. The Committee
heard from several proponents of the bill describing a desperate need
for
Ohio
to join the 35 other states in passing Mental Health Parity into law.
Link to H.B. 225:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_225
PCSAO
testimony
of H.B. 225 (October 13, 2003 by Crystal W. Allen)
PCSAO testimony
of H.B. 225 (November 9, 2004 by John Dillon)
H.B.
265 (Faber)
Paddling Protection Act
Confers
immunity from civil liability upon school districts, community schools,
nonpublic schools and school employees for an alleged injury to a
student caused by school discipline, provide that such discipline does
not result in child endangerment. The bill has had several
hearings in the House. PCSAO
does oppose this bill.
Link to H.B. 265:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_265
PCSAO Legislative
Committee Bill Review
PCSAO testimony of H.B. 265:
(coming soon)
H.B.
313 (DePiero)
Criminal Child Enticement
The bill, introduced in October 2003, revises current law of no person,
by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit,
coax, entice, or lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany
the person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle from a
misdemeanor in the first degree to a felony in the fifth degree.
Link to H.B. 313:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_313
PCSAO Legislative Committee Bill Review:
(coming soon)
S.B.
4 / S.B. 178 (Spada)
MR/DD Victims of Crime Bill
Due to an amendment related to closure of state facilities, Governor
Taft vetoed SB 4 after its passage by the General Assembly.
Senator Spada re-introduced the legislation as SB
178 in January, 2004, and it has been passed by the Senate and then
the House without the controversial amendment.
The Bill is awaiting the Governor’s signature.
Link to S.B. 178:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_178
S.B.
58 (Jacobson)
Endangering Children
The bill has been heard in the Senate and passed out as a sub bill in
October 2003. The original
bill expanded the offense of endangering children to also prohibit
manufacturing drugs, including methamphetamine in the vicinity of a
juvenile or school. However,
the offense of endangering children was removed and expanding drug
offenses was added in the sub bill.
PCSAO does support S.B. 58 with the recommendation of keeping
endangering children offense in addition to the drug offense. The
Bill was voted out of the House committee on February 3, 2004 with an
amendment to the bill adding child endangering (felony) as an additional
offense to the drug offense and adding “in a vicinity of a juvenile”
to the child endangerment section. S.B.
58 as amended passed unanimously out of the
House, (96-0)
Link
to S.B. 58:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_58
PCSAO testimony
of S.B. 58
S.B.
66 (Shuring)
Children Advocacy Centers
Permits
counties to establish Children's Advocacy Centers to review and
assess, and to assist PCSAs with investigations of reports of child
abuse or neglect, as defined within locally designed Memorandums of
Understanding. The bill permits one time Children's Trust Fund support
of $5,000. for each community that establishes a CAC. The bill was
introduced April 2, 2003, and was passed by the Senate April 27, 2004.
It has been referred to the House of Representatives.
Counties establish
Children's Advocacy Centers. Third hearing was held on November 17,
2004. Substitute Bill was accepted and reported out of the
committee.
PCSAO has no
testimony at the hearing.
The
current bill passed (90-0)
on the House floor on12/7/04, it now just has to go back for final
concurrence on Senate floor.
Link to S.B. 66: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_66
PCSAO SB
66 Testimony
S.B.
100 (Spada)
Religious Order Misconduct
Senate
Bill 100 specifically includes all clergy members or any person acting
in a designated function on behalf of any church, religious society, or
faith to report the abuse or neglect of a child to a public children
services agency (PCSA) and tolls the statue of limitations for
violations involving abuse and neglect of a child if certain individuals
fail to report the abuse or neglect of the child.
Sub. SB 100 passed out of the Senate June 2003 and is currently
being heard in the House. PCSAO
supports S.B. 100.
Link to S.B. 100:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_100
PCSAO testimony
of S.B. 100
PCSAO
2nd
testimony of S.B. 100
SB148
(Stivers) Child Day-Care
Revise law pertaining to child day-care. Second hearing. to revise the
law pertaining to child day-care; to include additional offenses in
criminal background checks of child day-care providers; to make changes
in the law governing certification of type B family day-care homes; and
to create the offenses of misrepresentation by a child day-care
provider, failure of a child day-care center to disclose the death or
serious injury of a child, and failure of a type A or type B family
day-care home to disclose the death or serious injury of a child.
Susan Alexander on behalf of the County
Commissioners Association, Rick Smith on behalf of the Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services, Martha Sweterlisch, of the Ohio YMCA's
Public Policy Center, and Judy Chavis of the Ohio Department of Job and
Family Services Directors Association all testified in support of the
bill. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_148
S.B.
153 (Jacobson)
Financial
Accountability
This proposed legislation enacts section 9.23 of the Revised Code to
impose various resorting, auditing, and other requirements on persons
who receive public money for the provision of services and to provide
civil remedies for the misuse of public money.
The general purpose is to strengthen the general accountability
standards for recipients of public funding.
PCSAO will be working with the Sponsor to access how this impact
PCSAs and how it relates to H.B. 448 which established single cost
accounting, auditing and contract procedures for child welfare.
Link to S.B. 153:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_153
PCSAO
Position Paper
S.B.
155 (Stivers)
Child Day Care – Background Checks/Type B Certifications
To amend sections of the Revised Code to include additional offenses in
criminal background checks of child day-care providers and to make
changes to the law governing certification of type B family day-care
homes. The bill was
introduced in November 2003.
Link to S.B. 155:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_155
PCSAO Legislative Committee Bill Review:
(coming soon)
Sub
S. B.
185 (Jordan J)
Child Custody Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction/Enforcement Act
Second hearing was held on November 17, 2004. The
substitute bill repeals
the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and replaces it with the
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
The bill was mended and reported out of the committee. PCSAO
has no testimony. Four amendments were adopted by the committee. The
first regarded juvenile court jurisdiction, the second is technical and
changes some of the wording of the bill, the third deals with the
duration of domestic violence protection orders, and the last deals with
dispositional options. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_185
S.B.
192 Mental
Health Custody Relinquishment (Carey)
The purpose of this bill is to enable parents of children
with specific disabilities to received services for their children
without losing custody of their children.
PCSAO is currently working with Senator Carey regarding this bill
and recommendations for amendments.
The bill has not been introduced yet.
Link
to S.B. 192:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_SB_192
PCSAO Legislative
Committee Bill Review
PCSAO Comments
PCSAO Letter
to Sponsor with recommendations
Custody
Relinquishment Case Example
LEADS
UPDATE
LEADS (the Law Enforcement Automated Data System) is a collaborative of
criminal history data systems that includes those from the FBI, BCI and
local law enforcement agencies. This
fall, Ohio received FBI authority to allow public child welfare agencies
access to this important information.
PCSA use of this new authority will be limited to children in
exigent circumstances. Current
criminal history web check procedures are still required for all
employment, foster care and adoptive parent checks.
PCSAO December
12, 2003 LEADS update
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