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At its final meeting on Aug. 28, the Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee agreed to send eight bills to the 2021 Legislature, based on its work on three studies.

Over the past year, the committee studied the child protective services system, senior and long-term care services, and a uniform bill on guardianship ...


The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee will decide on Aug. 28 whether to send the 2021 Legislature any proposals related to child protective services, senior and long-term care services, and guardianship laws.

The committee will hold its final scheduled meeting by video conference on Aug. 28, beginning at 8 a.m.

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A legislative poll on a proposed agency rule banning flavored vaping products has been canceled after the Department of Public Health and Human Services formally withdrew the rulemaking proposal on Aug. 18.

The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee was slated to carry out the poll after 20 legislators notified the committee in ...


The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee will meet by videoconference on Aug. 12 to review draft materials for a poll it must conduct on whether a proposed state agency rule to ban flavored vaping products meets legislative intent.

Twenty legislators have notified the committee that they object to the rule. The objections ...


The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee decided in June to consider two legislative proposals related to a uniform guardianship law when it meets again in late August.

Members asked staff to draft legislation that would:

  • require consideration of less restrictive alternatives before guardianship is requested; and
  • require a guardian of an adult ...


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