Bill Text: CA AB1847 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Child welfare services: report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB1847 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1847-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1847

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Introduced by Assembly Member Essayli

January 17, 2024

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An act to amend Section 16512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child welfare.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1847, as introduced, Essayli. Child welfare services: report.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to report every 3rd year, commencing in 1989, to the Legislature on the operation and progress of the child welfare services program, and include specified child abuse case information.

This bill would instead require the department to make that report annually.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 16512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:

16512.

 (a) The department shall annually report every third year, commencing in 1989, to the Legislature on the operation and progress of the child welfare services program.

(b) The report shall include both of the following:

(1) The number of reported child abuse cases, on an aggregate basis and on a county-by-county basis, and by types of abuse.

(2) The disposition of cases reported, on an aggregate basis and on a county-by-county basis.