Bill > H119

This bill aims to enhance public transparency in child-serving organizations by requiring various state agencies and departments to annually make certain information publicly available on their websites. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to annually publish data on restraint use, critical incidents, and substantiated abuse/neglect reports for schools, charter schools, and school districts. 2. Requiring the Department of Early Education and Care to annually publish licensing information, critical incidents, and restraint data for licensed and funded child care programs. 3. Requiring the Department of Children and Families to annually publish substantiated abuse/neglect reports, restraint data, and critical incident reports for detention centers and other facilities it funds. 4. Establishing commissions to define levels of care and make recommendations on using the published data for quality improvement. The overall goal is to increase transparency around the care and treatment of children in various state-funded, licensed, or approved programs to support quality outcomes.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H119