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STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY | FAMILY FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT
STATE LEGISLATION SPONSOR DESCRIPTION STATUS Arizona HB 2747 (2019) Russell Rusty Bowers
(R-025) • Requires the department of child safety to
issue a report to the legislature on the department’s efforts to implement Family First.
• Enacted.
Arizona SB 1548 (2019) Karen Fann (R-001) • Requires the department of child safety to issue a report to the legislature on the department’s efforts to implement Family First.
• Failed.
Arkansas HB 1469 (2019) Charlene Fite (R-80) • Redefines the definition of foster home to require that licensed foster homes adhere to FFPSA requirements-reasonable and prudent parenting standard, primary residence, and limits the number of children allowed to be cared for in the home to no more than 6.
• Enacted.
Arizona SB 1548 (2019) Karen Fann (R-001) • Requires the state department of child safety to report to the legislature’s budget committee on department efforts to implement Family First
• Failed
California AB 74 (2019) Philip Y. Ting (D-019) • Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Enacted.
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California SB 73 (2019) Holly J. Mitchell (D-030) • Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Referred to Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
California AB 109 (2019) Philip Y. Ting (D-019) • Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Passed Assembly. • Rereferred to Senate
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
California AB 190 (2019) Philip Y. Ting (D-019) • Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Failed.
California SB 109 (2019) Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee
• Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Enacted.
California AB 1917 Philip Y. Ting (D-019) • Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Referred to House Budget Committee.
California SB 808 Holly J. Mitchell (D-030) • Gives authority for the state finance department to provide increased funding to the state department of social services in the event of unanticipated costs due to Family First.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
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Colorado SB 31 (2019) Bob Gardner (R-012) • Increases the number of members of the state’s child welfare allocations committee to include 2 nonvoting members, who must have knowledge and experience federal child welfare funding, the FFPSA, interests of individuals with disabilities, and interest of individuals experiencing poverty.
• Requires that 2 of the 3 at-large members must come from the 2 counties with the largest percentage of the state’s child welfare caseload and would be appointed by the county commissioner from that county.
• Enacted.
Colorado HB 1193 (2019) Leslie Herod (D-008) • Declares that the state must prepare for implementation of the FFPSA with additional substance abuse disorder treatment approaches for children who are at risk of entering foster care and their parents/families.
• Creates child care pilot programs for parenting women engaged in substance abuse disorder treatment.
• Enacted.
Colorado SB 195 (2019) Rhonda Fields (D-029) • Creates the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Policy Coordination Commission to improve behavioral health services.
• Beginning on 10/1/19, the commission will be responsible for implementing wrap around services for children at risk for out of home placement.
• Enacted.
Colorado HB 1308 (2019) Jonathan Singer (D-011) • Adds the Family First Prevention Services Act as a program administered by the
• Enacted.
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Department of Human Services and authorizes the department to implement a foster care prevention services program.
• Adds foster care prevention services to the state’s definition of child welfare services.
Colorado SB 162 Bob Rankin (R-008) • Updates the definition of “kin” to mirror Family First.
• Updates and clarifies how qualified residential treatment centers are reviewed.
• Requires existing child welfare task force to make recommendations on the reduction of out of home placement payments.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Georgia HB 30 (2019) David Ralston (R-007) • Appropriates $153,745 in state funds to expand the state’s residential child care licensing program due to requirements of the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Georgia HB 31 (2019) David Ralston (R-007) • Appropriates $3,000,000 in state funds to make changes to the state’s child welfare automated system to reflect changes found in the FFPSA. Also allocated towards this project is $3,000,000 in Title IV-E funds.
• Appropriates $438,600 in state funds to for a project management team to oversee statewide implementation of the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Georgia SB 225 (2019) Larry Walker (R-020) • Provides a definition of a qualified residential treatment program as required by the FFPSA and provides qualifications for use of the such programs.
• Enacted.
Hawaii HB 1005 (2019) Scott K. Saiki (D-026) • Allows the HI Department of Human Services to utilize federal Title IV-E funding
• Referred to House Committee on Finance.
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leftover from a previous year for the state’s child abuse special fund.
• Currently, HI Department of Human Services is not allowed to retain reimbursements received for a prior fiscal year, and instead is required to deposit these reimbursements into the general fund.
• Carryover.
Hawaii SB 1231 (2019) Ronald D. Kouchi (D-008) • Allows the HI Department of Human Services to utilize federal Title IV-E funding leftover from a previous year for the state’s child abuse special fund.
• Currently, HI Department of Human Services is not allowed to retain reimbursements received for a prior fiscal year, and instead is required to deposit these reimbursements into the general fund.
Enacted.
Illinois HB 2154 (2019) Sara Feigenholtz (D-012) • Requires the state develop a plan for the development of specialized therapeutic residential treatment beds similar to a qualified residential treatment program, as defined in Family First, within 12 months of the bill’s effective date.
• Requires the state to submit a plan to the federal government to maximize funding available under Family First for mental health and substance use disorders treatment services.
• Enacted.
Illinois HB 2572 (2019) Sara Feigenholtz (D-012) • Creates a governor led workgroup of state agencies to prepare for implementation and
• Referred back to House Committee on Rules.
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oversight of the FFPSA, the establishment of psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and court ordered consent decree to develop a behavioral health delivery model to provide continuum of Medicaid-authorized and required mental and behavioral health services.
Illinois SB 1633 (2019) Heather A. Steans (D-007) • Creates a governor led workgroup of state agencies to prepare for implementation and oversight of the FFPSA, the establishment of psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and court ordered consent decree to develop a behavioral health delivery model to provide continuum of Medicaid-authorized and required mental and behavioral health services.
• Referred back to Senate Committee on Assignments.
Illinois HR 362 (2019) SR 422 (2019)
Mary E. Flowers (D-031) Mattie Hunter (D-003)
• Urges the state to support the FFPSA to help reduce the number of children in foster care.
• Adopted.
Illinois SB 391 (2019) Terry Link (D-030) • Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop specialized therapeutic residential treatment, similar to the qualified residential treatment plan defined in the FFPSA, for youth with mental health needs.
• Requires the Department of Children and Families Services develop and submit a plan on how the state can maximize the use of prevention funding via Family First.
• Enacted.
Indiana SB 259 Victoria Spartz (R-020) • Requires the department of child services to report on the department's development,
• Passed Senate.
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timeline, and implementation of the federal Family First Prevention Services Act.
• Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Iowa HF 766 (2019) House Appropriations Committee
• Creates the Graduated Sanction, Court-Ordered, and Group Foster Care Services, and Funding Work Group.
• Part of the responsibilities of the workgroup is to determine the impact and role the FFPSA will play in providing funding and services and recommend legislative and regulatory action.
• Enacted.
Kansas HB 2103 (2019) House Children and Seniors Committee
• Adds the term qualified residential treatment program to the state’s children’s code and defines it as a program designated as such by the Secretary for children and Families in accordance with federal law.
• Provides the requirements for placement in a qualified residential treatment program.
• Enacted.
Kansas HB 2403 (2019) House Taxation Committee • Amends the role of Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight to include implementation of the FFPSA.
• Referred to House Committee on Children and Seniors.
Kansas HB 2582 House K-12 Education Budget Committee
• Adds eligibility for school behavioral health services for families involved in family preservation services thru Family First.
• Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget.
• Hearing scheduled for 2/19/2020.
Kentucky HB 158 (2019) David Mead (R-80) • Aligns state law for background checks for child serving agencies to conform to the FFPSA.
• Enacted
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Kentucky SB 182 (2019) Alice Forgy Kerr (R-012) • Requires level 1 and level 2 psychiatric residential treatment facilities to require state and federal background checks for all employees and volunteers.
• Requires level 1 and level 2 psychiatric residential treatment facilities to meet certification as required under the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Massachusetts HB 3221 (2019) Adrian Madaro (D-1st Suffolk)
• Provides definitions for evidence-based services, fictive kin, licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse, prevention plan, and trauma-informed that conform to the FFPSA and how each is to be implemented.
• Creates a Task Force on Family First Act Implementation.
• Referred to Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities.
• Extended until 3/18/2020.
Maryland SB 1043 (2019) Michael Hough (R-004) • Provides a definition of a qualified residential treatment program as required by the FFPSA.
• Requires a court hearing to review the status of a child placed in a qualified residential treatment program within 60 days after the child enters placement to determine appropriateness of placement.
• Enacted.
Maryland HB 100 (2019) Michael E. Busch (D-030A) • Appropriates $100,000 that can be expended after the state’s General Administration submits a report to the legislature on the implementation of evidence-based practices under the state’s Title IV-E waiver and the source of funding that will be used to implement continuation of the practices under Family First.
• Enacted.
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Maine HP 769/LD 1039 (2019)
Colleen M. Madigan (D-110)
• Requires the state to provide grants to behavioral health providers to fund the costs of attracting, retaining, and training to provide evidence-based outpatient psychosocial treatment services for children and families involved in child protective services.
• Requires the state to seek out funding for the grants under the FFPSA, however the bill would require the state to provide grants from the general fund if unable to secure FFPSA funds.
• Carryover from 2019 to Senate Appropriations Table.
Maine HB 1274 (2019) Colleen M. Madigan (D-110) • Aligns state law for background checks for child serving agencies to conform to the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Maine HB 1450 Colleen M. Madigan (D-110) • Adds a definition of a qualified residential treatment program.
• Requires a court hearing within 60 days of placement in a qualified residential treatment program.
• Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary.
• Work session held 2/11/2020.
Michigan SB 139 (2019) Peter MacGregor (R-028) • Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report to the legislature on the status and implementation of Family First by the end of FY 20.
• Enacted.
Michigan SB 466/SB 468 (2019)
John Bizon (R-019) • Adds a definition of a qualified residential treatment program.
• Enacted.
Minnesota HB 2414 (2019) Tina Liebling (DFL-26A) • The legislation has been amended and no longer requires the Commissioner of Human Services to examine opportunities to implement kinship navigator programs
• Passed House and Senate–in conference committee.
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in anticipation of reimbursement under the FFPSA has been removed.
Minnesota HB 2863 (2019)
Rena Moran (DFL-65A) • Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to examine opportunities to implement kinship navigator programs in anticipation of reimbursement under the FFPSA.
• Carryover. • Referred to House
Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Minnesota SB 2750 (2019) Jeff Hayden (DFL-062) • Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to examine opportunities to implement kinship navigator programs in anticipation of reimbursement under the FFPSA.
• Carryover. • Referred to Senate
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Minnesota HB 14 a (2019) Tina Liebling (DFL-26A)/ • Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to examine opportunities to implement kinship navigator programs in anticipation of reimbursement under the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Minnesota SB 12 a (2019) Michelle R. Benson (R-031) • Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to examine opportunities to implement kinship navigator programs in anticipation of reimbursement under the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Missouri HB 2216 Mary Coleman (R-097) • Requires prioritization of providers to minimize or eliminate out of home care for children.
• Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
• Public hearing held 2/4/2020.
Montana HB 604 (2019) Jessica Karjala (D-048) • Requires the state department of public health and human services to develop a plan to apply for and utilize funding
• Enacted.
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available under the FFPSA by August 15, 2020.
Nebraska LB 328 (2019) Kate Bolz (NP-029) • Enacts the Nebraska Family First Act. • Would create a kinship navigator program,
as pursuant to the FFPSA, to provide support to a relative, kinship caregiver, or legal guardian of a child in kinship care.
• Requires the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to provide prevention and family services and programs for up to 12 months to help keep a child in their home instead of foster care. Services include mental health substance abuse prevention and treatment and in-home, parent skill-based programs.
• Carryover. • Referred to Legislative
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Nebraska LR 88 (2019) John McCollister (NP-020) • Requests an interim study to examine the creation of a kinship navigator program as pursuant to the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Nebraska LR 177 (2019) Machaela Cavanaugh (NP-006)
• Requires an interim study on the issues facing youth who are pregnant or parenting in the foster care system and includes a requirement to examine the impact of Family First on those youth.
• Failed.
Nebraska LR 193 (2019) Kate Bolz (NP-029) • Requires an interim study on the implementation of Family First.
• Failed.
New Hampshire HB 2 (2019) Mary Jane Wallner (D-Merrimack 10)
• Appropriates $955,00 to design and implement a structured decision-making intake assessment and assisting residential programs to obtain accreditation for compliance with the FFPSA.
• Vetoed.
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New Hampshire SB 14 (2019) Dan Feltes (D-015) • Requires the New Hampshire to expand home and community-based services to provide interventions to help alleviate the need for institutional care and align with the FFPSA and EPSDT.
• Creates a mobile crisis response and stabilization services program for children under age 21 and which is available in 1 hour or less in all parts of the state.
• Enacted.
New Hampshire HB 4 (2019) Mary Jane Wallner (D-Merrimack 10)
• Adds the term “trauma-informed” to the state’s definition of services for children involved in the child welfare system.
• Expands home and community-based mental behavioral services for children involved in the child welfare system to align with Family First.
• Enacted
New Mexico SJM 10 (2019) Linda M. Lopez (D-011) • Requests the creation of a child protective services task force to review and recommend changes to better serve child protective services rules, policies, and procedures, including the creation of a parallel and equal process to better serve and support foster and resource families.
• Membership on the task force would include an expert in the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) or the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA).
• Adopted.
New Mexico SM 126 (2019) Linda M. Lopez (D-011) • Requests the extension of a task force, first convened in 2015, responsible for study and recommending policies to increase the
• Failed.
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available of resources for grandparents raising grandchildren.
• Adds the requirement that the task force study and recommend policies to implement provisions of the FFPSA to benefit grandparents raising grandchildren.
New York SB 7506 Office of the Governor • Requires a hearing no later than 60 days from when a child entered a qualified residential treatment program.
• Requires an assessment of the appropriateness of a child placement in a qualified residential treatment program.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
New York AB 9506 Office of the Governor • Requires a hearing no later than 60 days from when a child entered a qualified residential treatment program.
• Requires an assessment of the appropriateness of a child placement in a qualified residential treatment program.
• Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
New York SB 7503 Office of the Governor • Provides a flexible funding stream for the implementation of the FFPSA.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
New York AB 9503 Office of the Governor • Provides a flexible funding stream for the implementation of the FFPSA.
• Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
North Carolina HB 111 (2019) Donny C. Lambeth (R-075) • Appropriates $3,705,505 in nonrecurring funds to implement changes to the state’s child welfare system to conform to Family First requirements.
• Rereferred to Senate Committee on Appropriations/Base Budget.
North Carolina SB 549 (2019) Joyce R. Krawiec (R-031) • Creates a 4 county child welfare/behavioral health pilot program to develop and implement a trauma-informed integrated
• Failed.
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foster care model to meet the requirements of Medicaid transformation, child welfare reform, and the FFPSA.
North Carolina HB 966 (2019) Linda P. Johnson (R-082) • Establishes a pilot program to create a trauma-informed health care foster model that meets the goals of Family First.
• Vetoed–carryover. • Referred to Senate
Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
North Dakota SB 2069 (2019) ND Senate Judiciary Committee
• Adds to the duties of a juvenile court director.
• Requires a juvenile court director to receive and examine requests for a review of a child’s placement in a qualified residential treatment program under the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
North Dakota SB 2124 (2019) Senate Human Services Committee
• Creates human service zones, which would take the place of county social services boards.
• Responsibilities of a human service zone include the administration, allocation, and distribution of funds made available for kinship care services and other payments and services as a result of the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Ohio HB 408 (2019) Gayle Manning (R-055) • Authorizes the Department of Job and Family Services to apply for Family First/prevention services funding.
• Referred to House Committee on Rules and Reference.
Ohio SB 240 (2019) Nickie J Antonio (D-023) • Authorizes the Department of Job and Family Services to apply for Family First/prevention services funding.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, and Medicaid.
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Oklahoma HB 2642 (2019) Rhonda Baker (R-060) • Creates the Oversight Committee on the Delivery of Child Welfare Services until 2022.
• The committee would be responsible for reviewing and analyzing existing state laws, regulations, and funding to ensure state compliance with FFPSA.
• Membership would include two members who are employees of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, one of whom has expertise in the field of child abuse prevention and one of whom has expertise in the field of trauma services, appointed by the Director of the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Carryover. • Withdrawn from Senate
Committee on Appropriations.
Oklahoma SB 318 (2019) Frank Simpson (R-014) • Adds a definition of a qualified residential treatment program.
• Enacted.
Oregon SB 221 (2019) Office of the Governor • Proposed amendment would appropriate $6,600,000 from the state’s general fund for implementation of the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Oregon SB 171 (2019) Senate Human Services Committee
• Creates a definition of a qualified residential treatment program and authorizes payment to the programs.
• Enacted.
Oregon HB 5026 (2019) Oregon Department of Administrative Services
• Appropriates $4,000,000 to support implementation of Family First by increasing in home services and evidence-based services.
• Enacted.
Oregon SB 1518 Senate Committee on General Government and Emergency Preparedness.
• Requires a report from the Department of Human Services to the legislature on the
• Passed Senate.
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adoption the FFPSA definition of “candidate for foster care.”
• Referred to House Committee on Human Services and Housing.
Pennsylvania HR 438 (2019) Tarah Toohil (R-116) • Directs a study to be done on the fiscal impact of implementing Family First in a timely manner versus delayed implementation.
• Referred to House Committee on Children and Youth.
• Removed from table. Texas SB 355 (2019) Royce West (D-023) • Requires the Texas Department of Family
and Protective Services to develop a strategic plan to ensure early intervention services meet the requirements of the FFPSA.
• Enacted. •
Texas SB 951 (2019) Kirk Watson (D-014) • Establishes the Family First Prevention Services Task Force to determine the state’s readiness to implement the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Texas SB 1289 (2019) Kirk Watson (D-014) • Requires, in areas where community-based care for child protective services has not been implemented, the department to create a plan to address care capacity in these areas. The plans must include qualified residential treatment programs as defined by the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Texas HB 2926 (2019) Gina Hinojosa (D-049) • Establishes the Family First Prevention Services Task Force to determine the state’s readiness to implement the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Texas HB 3950 (2019) James Frank (R-069) • Creates a child welfare task force to develop a plan for the continued implementation of community-based care and the implementation of family preservation services, preventive services, and the
• Failed.
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identification of services that may be procured with funds from the FFPSA.
Texas HB 4263 (2019) Stephanie Klick (R-091) • Requires the development of a strategic plan to ensure that the state’s provision of prevention and early intervention services adheres to the requirements of the FFPSA.
• Failed.
Texas SB 781 (2019) Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-018) • Requires the development of a strategic plan on implementation of the FFPSA.
• Requires proposed residential foster care facilities to develop an operational plan, with specific requirements laid out in the legislation, prior to licensure.
• Enacted.
Texas HB 2764 (2019) James Frank (R-069) • Requires that, among other requirements, child care agencies provide training for potential caregivers that meets the eligibility standards for federal participation under the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Virginia HB 2014 (2019) Christopher K Peace (R-097)
• Adds a definition of a qualified residential treatment program.
• Requires that a hearing be held within 60 days of a child’s placement in a qualified residential treatment program to determine permanency options.
• Enacted.
Virginia SB 1678 (2019) T. Monty Mason (D-001) • Brings the state’s procedures for background checks for a person working in a children’s residential facility to align with the FFPSA.
• Enacted.
Virginia SB 1679 (2019) T. Monty Mason (D-001) • Adds a definition of a qualified residential treatment program.
• Enacted.
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• Requires that a hearing be held within 60 days of a child’s placement in a qualified residential treatment program to determine permanency options.
Virginia HB 1700 (2019) S. Chris Jones (R-076) • Appropriates $851,000 to support establishing evidence-based practices as identified in Family First.
• Enacted.
Virginia HB 29 Luke E Torian (D-052) • Appropriates $851,000 for the second year of implementation to support establishing evidence-based practices as identified in Family First.
• Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Virginia HB 30 Luke E Torian (D-052) • Appropriates $851,000 for the second year of implementation to support establishing evidence-based practices as identified in Family First.
• Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Virginia SB 29 Thomas K. Norment (R-003) • Appropriates $851,000 for the second year of implementation to support establishing evidence-based practices as identified in Family First.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
Virginia SB 30 Thomas K. Norment (R-003) • Appropriates $851,000 for the second year of implementation to support establishing evidence-based practices as identified in Family First.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
Washington HB 1900 (2019) Lisa Callan (D-05 -02) • Expands child welfare services for children and families.
• Adds a definition for prevention and family services programs, which are specific mental health prevention and treatment services, substance abuse prevention and treatment services, and in-home parent
• Enacted.
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skills-building programs that qualify for federal funding under FFPSA.
• Allows the state to provide prevention and family service programs to families for up to 15 months to facilitate safely and timely reunification.
• Requires that a hearing be held within 60 days of a child’s placement in a qualified residential treatment program to determine permanency options.
Washington SB 5826 (2019) Jeannie Darneille (D-027) • Expands child welfare services for children and families.
• Adds a definition for prevention and family services programs, which are specific mental health prevention and treatment services, substance abuse prevention and treatment services, and in-home parent skills-building programs that qualify for federal funding under FFPSA.
• Allows the state to provide prevention and family service programs to families for up to 15 months to facilitate safely and timely reunification.
• Requires that a hearing be held within 60 days of a child’s placement in a qualified residential treatment program to determine permanency options.
• Carryover. • Indefinitely postponed
in Senate Committee on Rules.
Washington HB 1109 (2019) Timm Ormsby (D-03 -02) • Requires the state department of children, youth, and families to submit a report to the governor and legislature on the
• Enacted.
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feasibility of claiming federal funds under Family First.
• Appropriates $7,586,000 for the state to leverage federal funding under Family First.
Washington HB 2325 Timm Ormsby (D-03 -02) • Appropriates $15,046,000 for the department of children, youth, and families to leverage federal Title IV-E funds available under the FFPSA.
• Requires the department to report to the legislature on the feasibility of Title IV-E reimbursement for home visiting and kinship services.
• Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Washington SB 6168 Christine Rolfes (D-023) • Appropriates $15,046,000 for the department of children, youth, and families to leverage federal Title IV-E funds available under the FFPSA.
• Requires the department to report to the legislature on the feasibility of Title IV-E reimbursement for home visiting and kinship services.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
Washington HB 2525 Lisa Callan (D-05 -02) • Establishes a family connections program to strengthen families and prevent trauma–building on the FFPSA.
• Passed House. • Referred to Senate
Committee on Human Services, Reentry, and Rehabilitation.
Washington SB 6422 Jeannie Darneille (D-027) • Establishes a family connections program to strengthen families and prevent trauma–building on the FFPSA.
• Voted do pass by Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
Washington HB 2661 Tana Senn (D-41 -01) • Includes a declaration from the legislature that Family First offers an opportunity to
• Passed House Committee on Human
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leverage federal funding for certain services.
Services and Early Learning.
• Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
West Virginia SCR 33 (2019) John Unger (D-016) • Requests the legislature’s Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study the state’s foster care system and its compliance with the FFPSA and provide recommendations, including draft legislation, to the regular legislative in 2020.
• Failed.
Wisconsin AB 56 (2019) Joint Committee on Finance • Allows foster care payments to be made on behalf of a child who is placed, with a parent, in a licensed family-based residential alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility.
• Requires the state department of children and families to develop a permanency for the child.
• Enacted.
Wisconsin SB 59 (2019) Joint Committee on Finance • Allows foster care payments to be made on behalf of a child who is placed, with a parent, in a licensed family-based residential alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility.
• Requires the state department of children and families to develop a permanency for the child.
• Carryover. • Referred to Committee
on Senate Organization.
Wyoming HB 170 (2019) Cathy Connolly (D-013) • Requires that all child welfare workers are trained to know provisions of the FFPSA as it relates to child welfare practice.
• Enacted.
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Wyoming SB 34 Joint Interim Committee on Labor, Health & Social
Services
• Upon appropriation approval, requires the state to develop a program to support child welfare programs that become accredited as qualified residential treatment programs.
• Referred to Senate Committee on Labor, Health, and Social Services.
Last updated February 19, 2020
