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563B9630A7891BEF87258C580070AE75 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB25-151

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Mar 25, 2025      
Location HCR 0112



SB25-151 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole
02:30:48 PM  
The committee was placed in a brief recess.
02:34:05 PM  
The committee came back to order.
02:34:21 PM  
The primary bill
sponsors, Representatives Froelich and Gilchrist, introduced Senate Bill
25-151 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill creates
measures to prevent children or youth from running away from residential
child care facilities, as described below. By July 1, 2026, each residential
child care facility must develop a policy that outlines how they respond
to a child or youth who threatens or attempts to run away. They must provide
a copy of the policy to guardians and legal counsel during intake at the
facility and notify them within four hours after discovering that a youth
is missing.
02:39:15 PM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
02:44:19 PM  
Ms. Elizabeth Montoya,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Stephanie
Villafuerte, representing Office of the Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman,
testified in support of the bill. Mahamoud Ahmed, representing Kevin Lash,
testified in support of the bill.
02:53:14 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:03:50 PM  
Jenelle Goodrich,
representing From Silenced To Saved (FSTS), testified in support of the
bill. Former Senator Evie Hudak, representing Colorado PTA, testified in
support of the bill. Ms. Lynette Overmeyer, representing themself, testified
in support of the bill. Benjamin Teevan, representing Fostering Colorado
and Colorado Association of Family & Children's Agencies, testified
in support of the bill.
03:12:50 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:13:52 PM  
Marilyn Gore, representing
themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Stephen Fisher, representing
themself, testified to amend the bill. Dennis Desparrois, representing
Colorado Department of Human Services, was available to answer committee
questions.
03:17:56 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:18:28 PM  
The bill sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.
03:22:37 PM  
Members of the committee provided closing comments on the bill.


03:25:12 PM
 Motion Refer Senate Bill 25-151 to the Committee of the Whole.
Moved Gilchrist
Seconded Hamrick
Bottoms Yes
Bradfield Yes
Bradley Yes
English Yes
Feret Yes
Garcia Sander Yes
Gilchrist Yes
Hamrick Yes
McCormick Yes
Rydin Yes
Stewart K. Yes
Lieder Yes
Brown Yes
Final YES: 13   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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