Fifty-third Legislature                                                         

First Regular Session                                                           

 

 

FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1360

(Reference to House engrossed Senate bill)

 

 


Page 11, after line 7, insert:

"Sec. 8.  Title 41, chapter 7, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1292, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1292.  Joint legislative oversight committee on the department of child safety; committee termination

A.  The joint legislative oversight committee on the department of child safety is established consisting of the following members:

1.  The chairperson of the senate committee that addresses child safety issues.

2.  The chairperson of the house of representatives committee that addresses child safety issues.

3.  Two members of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate and who are members of different political parties.

4.  Two members of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who are members of different political parties.

B.  The chairperson of the senate committee that addresses child safety issues and the chairperson of the house of representatives committee that addresses child safety issues shall serve as cochairpersons.

C.  The committee shall meet at least biannually, and a majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

D.  The committee shall review:

1.  The department's implementation of policy and procedures and program effectiveness.

2.  All reports on program outcomes released by the department to the legislature for trends and areas for statutory improvement and audits issued by the office of the auditor general related to the department.

3.  Policies and procedures relating to guardianships and dependency proceedings.

4.  The committee established by this section ends on july 1, 2025 pursuant to section 41-3103. END_STATUTE

Sec. 9. Department of child safety; review of reporting

requirements

On or before December 31, 2017, the department of child safety shall do all of the following:

1.  Post the proposed consolidated report generated from the recommendations required by Laws 2014, second special session, chapter 1, section 160 on the department's website.

2.  Hold meetings with stakeholders to discuss potential reports on longer metric outcome data in addition to any other reports prescribed by law.

3.  Identify metrics, if any, that stakeholders want but that have been omitted from the reports prepared by the department.

4.  Submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee and the joint legislative oversight committee on the department of child safety established by section 41-1292, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, on all of the following:

(a)  The implementation of the new reporting structure.

(b)  The outcome of stakeholder meetings.

(c)  The identification of new metrics."

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