HB1777
Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; foster youth's right to receive information.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 21, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)
Chief Patron:
Rip Sullivan (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Office of the Children's Ombudsman; foster youth's right to receive information.
Requires the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services, a children's residential facility, or any child-placing agency to provide certain information along with the contact information for the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to a biological parent, prospective adoptive parent, or foster parent, as well as ... (More) to any child in foster care age 12 or older upon the opening of a foster care case for such child. The bill also provides that, in relation to complaints made to the Ombudsman, if such child is the complainant, the Ombudsman need not gain the consent of the Department or local department of social services, the children's residential facility, the child-placing agency, or the foster parent or guardian of the child or other person having custody or care of the child to receive information from or communicate with the child. This bill is identical to SB 1406. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102551D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/13/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1777)
- 01/13/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/14/2025 - House: Referred from General Laws and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)
- 01/14/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/15/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/28/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Rehabilitation and Social Services (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1777ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1777)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 200 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)
