SB1406
Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; foster youth's right to receive information.
Summary
As Introduced. Office of the Children's Ombudsman; foster youth's right to receive information.
Requires the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services, a children's residential facility, or any child-placing agency to provide certain information along with the contact information for the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to a biological parent, prospective adoptive parent, or foster parent, as well as ... (More) to any child in foster care age 12 or older upon the opening of a foster care case for such child. The bill also provides that, in relation to complaints made to the Ombudsman, if such child is the complainant, the Ombudsman need not gain the consent of the Department or local department of social services, the children's residential facility, the child-placing agency, or the foster parent or guardian of the child or other person having custody or care of the child to receive information from or communicate with the child. This bill is identical to HB 1777. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 25103787D
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1406)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology and Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/10/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 02/11/2025 - House: Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/14/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - House: Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1406ER)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1406)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 223 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223)
