2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 6 - The general assembly 6.943 Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee -- Membership -- Co-chairs -- Quorum -- Employment of personnel -- Staff and operating costs. (Repealed - Effective until January 1, 2023).
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6.943
Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee -- Membership -- Cochairs -- Quorum -- Employment of personnel -- Staff and operating costs.
(Repealed - Effective until January 1, 2023)
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The Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee of the Kentucky General
Assembly is hereby established. The purpose of the committee shall be to review,
analyze, and provide oversight to the General Assembly on child welfare within the
Commonwealth related but not limited to foster care, adoption, and child abuse,
neglect, and dependency.
The Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee shall consist of ten (10)
members appointed as follows: three (3) members of the Senate appointed by the
President of the Senate; two (2) members of the minority party in the Senate
appointed by the Minority Floor Leader in the Senate; three (3) members of the
House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and two (2) members of the minority party in the House of
Representatives appointed by the Minority Floor Leader in the House of
Representatives. Members appointed from each chamber shall elect one (1) member
from their chamber to serve as co-chair.
The co-chairs of the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee shall have
joint responsibilities for committee meeting agendas and presiding at committee
meetings. The committee shall meet at least two (2) times annually.
A majority of the entire membership of the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory
Committee shall constitute a quorum, and all actions of the committee shall be by
vote of a majority of its entire membership.
The Legislative Research Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the
employment of personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Staff
and operating costs of the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee shall
be provided from the budget of the Legislative Research Commission.
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Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018.
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