Requires a university-based child welfare research entity and the department of social and health services, in collaboration with other stakeholders, to develop measurements in the areas of safety, permanency, and well-being in the child welfare system, using existing and available data.

Extends the time in which the department of social and health services is required to: (1) Enter into performace-based contracts for family support and related services; and

(2) Issue requests for proposals.

Suspends the statute that established the child welfare transformation design committee until December 1, 2015.