Veil of secrecy must be lifted from CPS

Veil of secrecy must be lifted from CPS

Three bills are winding their way through the legislative process that will bring much needed accountability to Child Protective Services.

HB 2453 would open certain court proceedings previously closed to the public. HB 2454 would open up CPS records in cases involving the fatality or near fatality of a child unless prosecutors could establish that the release of such records would cause material harm to a criminal investigation, and HB 2159 would make state employees’ disciplinary records, including an employee’s responses, available to the public.