SB273 SFAT Takubo #1 3-10

Dellinger  7965

Senator Takubo moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 273— A Bill to amend and reenact §49-2-101,  §49-2-102, and §49-2-809 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §49-10-101, §49-10-102, and §49-10-103; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §49-11-101, all relating to child welfare; continuing the Bureau for Social Services; providing authority to the bureau; providing how the commissioner shall allocate child protective service workers; requiring reporting; requiring the department to have a redundancy centralized intake system; setting forth requirements for data submission in the event a system exists; providing that the Bureau for Social Services shall develop a merit-based system; providing legislative findings; providing that the merit-based system is not subject to the grievance process; providing that for existing employees there is no grievance procedure for a regional pay disparity for the same job classification and establishing timeframes for implementation; and updating the child welfare dashboard.

Adopted

Rejected