HB 1366-S - DIGEST |
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 2ND SUB) |
Requires the department of social and health services to convene a parent-child visitation work group to: (1) Engage relevant stakeholders to include biological parents involved in or with experience in the child welfare process; and |
(2) Develop and implement changes in policy or practice to increase the amount and quality of parent-child visitation. |
Includes in the definition of "remedial services," for purposes of the juvenile court act, services and activities designed to facilitate access to and visitation of children by parents and siblings except in cases where that visitation is not in the best interest of the child or a court limits visitation. |