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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 34
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To continue legislative authority for and request completion of a study by the Children's
Code Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute relative to continuing contact
by parents and other relatives with children who are subjects of child in need of care
proceedings as originally provided in House Concurrent Resolution No. 125 of the
2015 Regular Session.
WHEREAS, in House Concurrent Resolution No. 125 of the 2015 Regular Session,
referred to hereafter as "HCR No. 125", the legislature called upon the Children's Code
Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute to study laws and policies relative to
continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children who are subjects of legal
proceedings known as "child in need of care proceedings" which are brought by the state to
protect children who are abused, neglected, abandoned, or endangered; and
WHEREAS, HCR No. 125 called upon the Children's Code Committee to report to
certain legislative committees prior to the convening of the 2016 Regular Session its
recommendations for any changes to laws and policies which would promote the safety and
well-being of children who are subjects of child in need of care proceedings; and
WHEREAS, as of the date of filing of this Resolution, the Children's Code
Committee has met numerous times to develop the study called for in HCR No. 125, and has
formed a special subcommittee to focus exclusively on the subject matter addressed in that
instrument; and
WHEREAS, according to an interim report that the Children's Code Committee
issued prior to the convening of the 2016 Regular Session, while the committee has
identified several issues and deficiencies under current state laws and policies relative to
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continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children who are subjects of child in
need of care proceedings, its efforts to complete the report called for in HCR No. 125 are
still ongoing.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the Children's Code Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute for making
progress in the challenging and momentous task of formulating potential changes to laws
and policies which would promote the safety and well-being of our state's most vulnerable
children.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
continue legislative authority for the study by the Children's Code Committee concerning
laws and policies relative to continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children
who are subjects of child in need of care proceedings as called for in House Concurrent
Resolution No. 125 of the 2015 Regular Session.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby request
that the Children's Code Committee complete the study called for in House Concurrent
Resolution No. 125 of the 2015 Regular Session, and report its findings and
recommendations for any changes to laws and policies which would promote the safety and
well-being of children to the House Committee on Health and Welfare, the Senate
Committee on Health and Welfare, the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal
Justice, and the Senate Committee on Judiciary A no later than sixty days prior to the
convening of the 2017 Regular Session.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
director of the Louisiana State Law Institute and the secretary of the Department of Children
and Family Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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