Bill
Number: S.B. 1528
Yarbrough Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Requires the Auditor General report regarding the Department of Child Safety (DCS) to include the difference in caseworker caseloads between DCS field offices.
2. Extends the deadline for the report from December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2020.
Second Regular Session S.B. 1528
YARBROUGH FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1528
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Laws 2017, chapter 311, section 4 is amended to read:
Sec. 4. Auditor general; department of child safety; reports
A. The auditor general shall provide to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the directors of the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting the following reports concerning the department of child safety that address:
1. The department's caseworker caseload standards. The report shall assess the department's process for determining these standards, how caseloads are measured, and the reliability of the data used to report caseloads and the differences in caseworker caseloads between department field offices. The report shall also compare the department's caseload standards with best practices and other states' caseload standards, and make recommendations as appropriate.
2. The department's practices for recruiting, licensing, using and retaining foster parents. The report shall include a comparison of these practices with best practices and other states' practices, and make recommendations as appropriate.
B. The auditor general shall submit the report prescribed by subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section on or before December 31, 2018 2020, and the report prescribed by subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section on or before September 30, 2019."
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