FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2025

February 28, 2025

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 408

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 1, line 14, before "MAKING", insert "PROVIDING DEFINITIONS;".

 

     2. On page 2, line 14, strike "December" and insert in lieu thereof "September".

 

     3. On page 2, line 15, strike "December" and insert in lieu thereof "September".

 

     4. On page 2, line 17, strike the comma and insert in lieu thereof a colon and the paragraph designation "(1)".

 

     5. On page 2, line 22, after "care", insert "services".

 

     6. On page 2, line 25, after "1978", insert:

 

     "; and

 

                (2) "treatment foster care services" means a specialized form of foster care that provides intensive clinical services and a therapeutic family environment for children with complex emotional, behavioral or mental health needs. "Treatment foster care services" are designed to address significant challenges that cannot be met in traditional foster care settings and:

                     (a) often require those children to have highly trained foster parents who can implement treatment plans alongside a multidisciplinary team; and

 

                     (b) are typically for children transitioning from a more restrictive care setting like a residential treatment setting or the juvenile justice system".,

 

and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE.                            

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

Elizabeth Thomson, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against

Yes:      Anaya, Cates, Chavez, N., Chávez, E., Ferrary, Herndon, Jones, Sena Cortez, Thomson

No:       0

Excused:  Martinez, A.

Absent:   None

 

 

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