House Health and Human Services Agenda 02/14/2003 7:45 AM

Committee:    House Health and Human Services
Room:    468
Date:    Friday, February 14, 2003
Time:    7:45 AM

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         HB 1226     revise who may complete home studies for adoptions.
             Representatives Novstrup, Deadrick (Thomas), Frost, Gillespie, Kraus, and Weems and Senators Kooistra and Sutton (Duane)

         HB 1234     create a commission on health care.
             Representatives Hunhoff, Adelstein, Cradduck, Frost, Garnos, Heineman, Kraus, Madsen, Michels, Miles, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Bill), Rhoden, Teupel, Van Etten, and Wick and Senators Olson (Ed), Abdallah, Albers, Brown, and Moore

         HB 1257     provide for a preference for certain relatives when placing children outside their home and to provide standing to certain relatives to petition for adoption when parental rights have been terminated.
             Representatives Cutler, Bartling, Cradduck, Engels, Gillespie, Hennies, McLaughlin, Murschel, and Rhoden and Senators McCracken, de Hueck, Kleven, Koskan, and Olson (Ed)

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.