2019 House Bill 5248 ↩

Senate Roll Call 294: Passed

To require a state children's ombudsman's office to release redacted reports of investigations into alleged child abuse or neglect. The children's ombudsman is tasked with investigating and reviewing actions of the state and local government agencies that serve children, child placing agencies, and child caring institutions; monitoring and ensuring compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to children's protective services and the placement, supervision, treatment children in foster care and adoptive homes; and improving delivery of care to children subject to the authority of any of these entities.