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November 9, 2009
House Bill 381: Zahid Jones, Jr., Give Grandparents and Other Relatives a Voice Act
Author:
Rep. Nicholas R. “Nick” Thompson
Summary:
Care of Children; Creates “Zahid Jones, Jr., Give Grandparents and Other Relatives a Voice Act”; provides for DCFS to analyze certain unaccepted reports to central abuse hotline; requires information to be provided to reporter; expands access to certain confidential reports of child abuse or neglect to include physicians, psychologists, and mental health professionals, etc. effective date: 7/1/2009.
This is a companion bill to Senate Bill 1276.
Status:
| 1/14/2009 |  | (House) Filed |
| 2/6/2009 | | (House) Referred to Health Care Services Policy; Civil Justice and Courts Policy; Health and Family Services Policy; Full Appropriations Council on General Government and Health Care; Health Care Services Policy |
| 2/10/2009 | | (House) Added to Health Care Services Policy Committee Agenda |
| 2/18/2009 | | (House) Reported out of Health Care Services Policy Committee—now in Civil Justice and Courts Policy Committee |
| 3/3/2009 | | (House) First reading |
| 3/4/2009 | | (House) Added to Civil Justice and Courts Policy Committee Agenda |
| 3/6/2009 | | (House) Favorable by Civil Justice and Courts Policy Committee Agenda; Reported out of Civil Justice and Courts Policy Committee, and now in Health and Family Services Policy Council |
| 3/16/2009 | | (House) Added to Health and Family Services Policy Council Agenda |
| 3/18/2009 | | (House) Favorable by Health and Family Services Policy Council |
| 3/19/2009 | | (House) Reported out of Health and Family Services Policy Council |
| 3/19/2009 | | (House) Now in Full Appropriations Council on General Government and Health Care |
| 3/26/2009 | | (House) Added to Full Appropriations Council on General Government and Health Care agenda |
| 3/30/2009 | | (House) Favorable by Full Appropriations council on General Govenrment and Health Care; Bill released to House Clander; Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| 4/28/2009 | | (Senate) Passed; Yes 37, No 0, on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:27 a.m. |
| 5/15/2009 | | Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| 5/20/2009 | | Approved by Governor |
| 7/1/2009 | | Effective |
HSLDA’s Position:
Oppose.
Action Requested:
None requested at this time.
 Other Resources |
Bill Text ( requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
