HB 1331: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Yarkosky, Salzman; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Partington

Child Welfare; Requires certain organizations & agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by DCF relating to protection of children from abuse & neglect; provides requirements for such training; requires DCF to create process to approve qualified accrediting organizations; requiring such organization maintain certain records; requires DCF review status of accredited child safety organizations at certain intervals; requires DCF to collect & analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at child-serving organization; requires OIR to approve rating plans for employer's liability insurance which provide premium discount to certain child-serving organizations; provides requirements for such plans; requires OPPAGA to conduct study on affordability & availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations; requires office to provide certain report to Legislature by certain date.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/9/2026 10:53 AM

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1600 by Yarborough Child Welfare Last Action: 2/5/2026 S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building	Identical

• Citations - Statute (12)

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  39.01	Definitions.	Page 3 (pdf)
  39.0151		Page 4 (pdf)
  39.101	Central abuse hotline.	Page 7 (pdf)
  39.301	Initiation of protective investigations.	Page 16 (pdf)
  39.302	Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.	Page 10 (pdf)
  39.521	Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.	Page 12 (pdf)
  39.6012	Case plan tasks; services.	Page 15 (pdf)
  394.495	Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services.	Page 15 (pdf)
  627.0656		Page 8 (pdf)
  934.255	Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses.	Page 15 (pdf)
  960.065	Eligibility for awards.	Page 16 (pdf)
  984.03	Definitions.	Page 16 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	H	• Filed
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/15/2026	H	• Referred to Human Services Subcommittee • Referred to Budget Committee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Human Services Subcommittee