Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1051 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
	1	+	EH1051.1
	2	+	February 20, 2024
	3	+	ENGROSSED
	4	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1051
	5	+	_____
	6	+	DIGEST OF HB 1051 (Updated February 19, 2024 10:23 am - DI 119)
	7	+	Citations Affected: IC 31-10.
	8	+	Synopsis: Communication between caregivers and parents. Provides
	9	+	that supporting and facilitating two-way communication between
	10	+	parents and foster parents or kinship caregivers is a state policy.
	11	+	Effective: July 1, 2024.
	12	+	DeVon, Goss-Reaves, Pack, Clere
	13	+	(SENATE SPONSOR — DONATO)
	14	+	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human
	15	+	Affairs.
	16	+	January 18, 2024, reported — Do Pass.
	17	+	January 22, 2024, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
	18	+	January 23, 2024, read third time, passed. Yeas 96, nays 0.
	19	+	SENATE ACTION
	20	+	February 5, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children
	21	+	Services.
	22	+	February 19, 2024, reported favorably — Do Pass.
	23	+	EH 1051—LS 6449/DI 148 February 20, 2024
1	24		Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
2	25		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
3	26		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
4	27		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
5	28		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
6	29		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
7	30		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
8	31		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
9	32		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
10	33		between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11		-	HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1051
12		-	AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and
13		-	juvenile law.
	34	+	ENGROSSED
	35	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1051
	36	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
	37	+	family law and juvenile law.
14	38		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
15		-	SECTION 1. IC 31-10-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.146-2021,
16		-	SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
17		-	JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1. It is the policy of this state and the purpose of
18		-	this title to:
19		-	(1) recognize the importance of family and children in our society,
20		-	including the parenting rights of a parent, regardless of whether
21		-	the parent has a disability;
22		-	(2) recognize the responsibility of the state to enhance the
23		-	viability of children and family in our society;
24		-	(3) acknowledge the responsibility each person owes to the other;
25		-	(4) strengthen family life by assisting parents to fulfill their
26		-	parental obligations;
27		-	(5) ensure that children within the juvenile justice system are
28		-	treated as persons in need of care, protection, treatment, and
29		-	rehabilitation;
30		-	(6) remove children from families only when it is in the child's
31		-	best interest or in the best interest of public safety;
32		-	(7) make reasonable efforts to support and facilitate two-way
33		-	communication between a child's parent or parents and any
34		-	licensed foster parent or kinship caregiver caring for the child
35		-	following removal by the department of child services;
36		-	HEA 1051 2
37		-	(7) (8) provide for adoption as a viable permanency plan for
38		-	children who are adjudicated children in need of services;
39		-	(8) (9) provide a juvenile justice system that protects the public
40		-	by enforcing the legal obligations that children have to society
41		-	and society has to children;
42		-	(9) (10) use diversionary programs when appropriate;
43		-	(10) (11) provide a judicial procedure that:
44		-	(A) ensures fair hearings;
45		-	(B) recognizes and enforces the legal rights of children and
46		-	their parents; and
47		-	(C) recognizes and enforces the accountability of children and
48		-	parents;
49		-	(11) (12) promote public safety and individual accountability by
50		-	the imposition of appropriate sanctions; and
51		-	(12) (13) provide a continuum of services developed in a
52		-	cooperative effort by local governments and the state.
53		-	HEA 1051 Speaker of the House of Representatives
54		-	President of the Senate
55		-	President Pro Tempore
56		-	Governor of the State of Indiana
57		-	Date: Time:
58		-	HEA 1051
	39	+	1 SECTION 1. IC 31-10-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.146-2021,
	40	+	2 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
	41	+	3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1. It is the policy of this state and the purpose of
	42	+	4 this title to:
	43	+	5 (1) recognize the importance of family and children in our society,
	44	+	6 including the parenting rights of a parent, regardless of whether
	45	+	7 the parent has a disability;
	46	+	8 (2) recognize the responsibility of the state to enhance the
	47	+	9 viability of children and family in our society;
	48	+	10 (3) acknowledge the responsibility each person owes to the other;
	49	+	11 (4) strengthen family life by assisting parents to fulfill their
	50	+	12 parental obligations;
	51	+	13 (5) ensure that children within the juvenile justice system are
	52	+	14 treated as persons in need of care, protection, treatment, and
	53	+	15 rehabilitation;
	54	+	16 (6) remove children from families only when it is in the child's
	55	+	17 best interest or in the best interest of public safety;
	56	+	EH 1051—LS 6449/DI 148 2
	57	+	1 (7) make reasonable efforts to support and facilitate two-way
	58	+	2 communication between a child's parent or parents and any
	59	+	3 licensed foster parent or kinship caregiver caring for the child
	60	+	4 following removal by the department of child services;
	61	+	5 (7) (8) provide for adoption as a viable permanency plan for
	62	+	6 children who are adjudicated children in need of services;
	63	+	7 (8) (9) provide a juvenile justice system that protects the public
	64	+	8 by enforcing the legal obligations that children have to society
	65	+	9 and society has to children;
	66	+	10 (9) (10) use diversionary programs when appropriate;
	67	+	11 (10) (11) provide a judicial procedure that:
	68	+	12 (A) ensures fair hearings;
	69	+	13 (B) recognizes and enforces the legal rights of children and
	70	+	14 their parents; and
	71	+	15 (C) recognizes and enforces the accountability of children and
	72	+	16 parents;
	73	+	17 (11) (12) promote public safety and individual accountability by
	74	+	18 the imposition of appropriate sanctions; and
	75	+	19 (12) (13) provide a continuum of services developed in a
	76	+	20 cooperative effort by local governments and the state.
	77	+	EH 1051—LS 6449/DI 148 3
	78	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	79	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Family, Children and Human
	80	+	Affairs, to which was referred House Bill 1051, has had the same under
	81	+	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
	82	+	the recommendation that said bill do pass.
	83	+	(Reference is to HB 1051 as introduced.)
	84	+	DEVON
	85	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
	86	+	_____
	87	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	88	+	Madam President: The Senate Committee on Family and Children
	89	+	Services, to which was referred House Bill No. 1051, has had the same
	90	+	under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
	91	+	Senate with the recommendation that said bill DO PASS.
	92	+	(Reference is to HB 1051 as printed January 18, 2024.)
	93	+
	94	+	WALKER G, Chairperson
	95	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0
	96	+	EH 1051—LS 6449/DI 148