SB 1600: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Yarborough

Child Welfare; Requiring certain organizations and agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by the Department of Children and Families relating to the protection of children from abuse and neglect; requiring the department to create a process to recognize and approve qualified accrediting organizations for a specified purpose; requiring the department to collect and analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at a child-serving organization; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to approve rating plans for employer’s liability insurance which provide a premium discount to certain child-serving organizations, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/9/2026 11:51 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1331 by Yarkosky, Salzman Child Welfare Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Human Services Subcommittee	Identical

• Citations - Statute (11)

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  39.01	Definitions.	Page 2 (pdf)
  39.0151		Page 4 (pdf)
  39.101	Central abuse hotline.	Page 6 (pdf)
  39.301	Initiation of protective investigations.	Page 14 (pdf)
  39.302	Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.	Page 9 (pdf)
  39.521	Disposition hearings; powers of disposition.	Page 10 (pdf)
  39.6012	Case plan tasks; services.	Page 13 (pdf)
  627.0656		Page 7 (pdf)
  934.255	Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses.	Page 13 (pdf)
  960.065	Eligibility for awards.	Page 14 (pdf)
  984.03	Definitions.	Page 14 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  2/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building