Bill > H4163

This bill aims to reform the legislative reporting requirements for the Department of Children and Families (DCF). The key provisions are: 1. Requiring DCF to issue an annual report providing an overview of its performance in the previous fiscal year, including data on cases, placements, safety, permanency, well-being, staffing, budgets, and more. It also requires quarterly data profiles on the department's operations. 2. Establishing a 3-year performance plan for DCF with numerical targets for safety, permanency, and well-being, which the department must measure and report on annually. 3. Creating a task force to review and make recommendations for improving DCF's reporting and data measures every 2 years. 4. Repealing or modifying several existing reporting requirements for DCF while consolidating and streamlining reporting in the new annual report and quarterly profiles. 5. Requiring DCF to provide additional reporting on services for young adults over 18 and on its fair hearing processes. The bill aims to improve transparency and oversight of DCF's operations and performance through enhanced data reporting and performance measurement.

Budget and Finance

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4163