Senate OKs bill to correct child abuse laws

Senate OKs bill to correct child abuse laws

HB36 was in the works shortly after the language it replaces was put in state code. It reinstates emergency kinship placement of abused kids taken into state foster care. Kinship placement was prohibited, state child welfare officials said, because under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, all potential adoptive families or adult guardians — including relatives — must have completed an FBI criminal background check prior to a placement.