Senate Bill 1964
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Oct 16, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1964
Congress
115
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017
This bill address foster care services in state child welfare programs, including the use of private, for-profit foster care services.
Specifically, the bill:
- supports states placing children with family members, including by providing financial support to states for all children placed with family members, not just children removed from poor families;
- expands oversight of state child welfare systems, including by requiring states to annually review child fatalities from maltreatment;
- establishes workload and training standards for child welfare workers;
- requires states to assess and report to the Department of Health and Human Services on the performance of foster care providers; and
- gives an individual who is or was a child in foster care the right to seek relief in civil court if a state fails to meet certain case plan and case review requirements.
October 16, 2017
10/16/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
10/16/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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