House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Part IV.

Changes the date by which all current members of county board of social services, regional boards of social services, and consolidated human services boards must have participated in the education and training sessions provided for new board members during their first year of service from March 1, 2028, to March 1, 2027.

Part VII.   

Adds House Bill 165 from the current biennium to the materials that the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee (Committee) on Health and Human Services should review as part of its study and recommendations on the creation of Foster Ombudsman program. Removes establishing regional offices as required under Ryan’s Law (SL 2017-47) from the scope of the required study. Instead, directs the Committee to follow up with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regarding the status of those regional offices including services provided, and recommendations for statewide, uniform standards in handling child welfare matters and areas for improving the delivery of child welfare services and make recommendations based on the information provided. Clarifies that the follow up with DHHS relating to information by the Child Welfare and Family Well-Being Transformation Team should focus on information after its May 2022 interim report, and to make recommendations on that information provided. Makes clarifying and technical changes.