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BOSTON -- House committee to file child abuse legislation..
House committee to file child abuse legislation
July 25, 2007 BOSTON --House lawmakers will file legislation this week to open end-of-life hearings for children in state custody, create a new cabinet secretary for child welfare and enact other recommendations from a task force created after the case of Haleigh Poutre. The legislation, announced Wednesday by House Majority Leader John Rogers, D-Norwood, chairman of the special House Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, also would require written second opinions and recommendations from an ethics committee in end-of-life cases involving children. The bill sets out minimum education requirements for social workers and increases criminal penalties if those legally required to report child abuse fail to do so. It requires mandatory training for those mandated reporters to help them recognize child abuse. The review of the state's child welfare system began after Haleigh, whose adoptive mother and stepfather were accused of beating her, was hospitalized with severe brain injuries in 2005. The Department of Social Services, which took custody of Haleigh, won approval from the state's highest court to remove Haleigh's feeding tube after the agency said doctors had declared her to be in a vegetative state. DSS was criticized for acting too quickly to try ending her life support when she improved. She was moved to a rehabilitation center. The bill also would create a 19-member advisory board of state officials and child abuse experts to work with the new secretary, and rename the Department of Social Services to the Department of Children and Families. It calls for an on-going five-year plan to assess and improve key issues in the state's child welfare system. House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi created the special 11-member committee after Haleigh's case, and praised its work, calling the legislation a "bold new roadmap for helping the state's dedicated social workers reduce the troubling incidents of harm to our most vulnerable children." The special committee first announced its major recommendations last spring after a series of hearings. CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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