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House Government Operations Committee- March 22, 2021
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B
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C
C
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
really
appreciate
you
moving
me
up
this.
This
bill
addresses
certified
medical
assistants,
medical
assistants
currently
practice
under
the
supervision
of
a
physician
at
a
physician's
own
office,
performing
whatever
task
is
delegated
to
them
by
the
medical
director.
However,
certified
medical
assistants
are
not
allowed
to
practice
in
hospital
outpatient
clinics.
What
this
bill
will
do
will
allow
certified
medical
attention,
assistance
to
practice
in
hospital
outpatient
clinics
I'll
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions.
C
F
E
F
C
C
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
members.
This
is
a
tennessee.
I
mean
this
is
a
treasury
bill
and
it's
a
tcrs
housekeeping
bill.
This
bill
revises
provisions
governing
the
state
retirement
system
as
follows:
section
one
and
four
of
the
bill
amends
current
law
to
reflect
that
federal
law
recently
changed
the
required
minimum
distribution
age
from
70
and
a
half
to
72..
D
D
This
section
provides
that
the
maximum
unfunded
liability
may
be
no
greater
than
20
percent
of
the
political
subdivision's
total
pension
liability.
Section
5
of
the
bill
amends
current
law
to
reflect
long-standing,
tcr
practice
as
to
prior
service
established
near
the
date
of
retirement.
The
section
provides
that
for
prior
service
established
30
or
more
days
following
the
date
of
retirement,
a
second
benefit
is
calculated
and
section.
6
amends
current
law
to
clarify
that
when
members
elect
to
pay
for
prior
service
and
monthly
installments,
the
payment
period
may
not
exceed
the
length
of
service
being
established.
C
C
C
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
check
your
mic
on
there
please,
sir.
Yes,
sir
one
of
the
positive
responsibilities
are
regulatory
boards
is
to
deter
and
restrict
harmful
behavior
by
licensees
that
could
endanger
the
public
and
and
that's
what
this
bill
is
about,
allowing
them
to
do
their
duty
and
that
keep
that
responsibility
whole
originally
or
now.
G
G
However,
the
courts
have
misinterpreted
the
language
in
the
statute
and
stretched
the
meaning
in
in
various
decisions
which,
over
the
past
20
years
has
has
changed,
and
the
court
claimed
that
the
grammatical
cons,
construction
of
the
original
statute
leaves
much
to
be
desired.
That's
that's
in
their
own
words.
G
So
what
we're
intending
to
do
is
let
them
know
that
that
there
is
no
longer
a
legislator's
lack
of
response
to
trying
to
address
these
decisions
and
they
are
not
so
that
they're
not
inclined
to
interpret
the
section
in
a
different
manner.
With
that
said,
and
with
the
statement
that
we
are
not
asking
to
take
the
amendment,
the
the
bill
was
to
be
amended,
but
we
want
the
bill
as
originally
filed.
G
C
B
Patrick,
thank
you
very
much
for
for
being
with
us.
You
and
I
have
discussed
a
little
bit
about
this
bill
and
I
just
wanted
to
for
the
record.
So
I
I
completely
understand
the
department's
intent
for
this
and
we
don't
want
good
licensees,
paying
very
large
sums
to
to
to
reimburse
in
a
lawsuit.
So
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
section
two
where
it
talks
about.
B
H
Thank
you
representative
for
that
question.
As
you'll
look
at
the
secretary
it
says,
may
so
it
is
not
a
mandatory
recoupment
of
our
fees
or
costs
at
the
department.
It
is
permissive.
We
don't
intend
it
to
be
an
every
time
kind
of
thing,
but
it
right
now
this
the
state
cannot
recover
on
appeal,
so
we
are
trying
to
make
it
where
we
can.
B
C
C
I
C
I
C
Do
we
have
questions
on
the
amendment
any
objection
to
the
question,
seeing
that
we're
voting
on
putting
house
amendments
five,
five,
three,
nine
on
the
bill,
all
in
favor
say
aye
aye
opposed,
nay.
The
amendment
is
on
the
bill
and
now
the
chair
will
turn
the
gavel
over
to
the
vice
chair
for
the
next
amendment.
A
A
I
Thank
you.
This
is
the
tanf
opportunity
act,
which
is
a
collaborative
piece
of
legislation
between
the
administration,
dhs
commissioner
carter
carter
and
the
tanf
working
group
put
forth
by
lieutenant
governor
mcnally
and
speaker
sexton
as
you're
likely
aware.
Dhs
receives
a
yearly
recruitment
grant
of
191
million
dollars
to
go
towards
tanf
and
the
state
of
tennessee
has
a
master
reserve
well
over
700
million
dollars,
dhs
may
utilize
those
funds
with
more
four
main
purposes
in
mind,
number
one
to
provide
assistance
to
needy
families
so
that
children
can
be
cared
for
in
their
own
homes.
I
Number
two
to
reduce
dependency
by
promoting
job
preparation,
work
and
marriage
number
three
to
prevent
and
reduce
the
incidence
of
out
of
wedlock
pregnancies
and
number
four
to
encourage
the
formation
and
maintenance
of
two
parent
families,
dhs
utilizes
tanf
funds
in
four
main
categories.
To
achieve
these
purposes,
those
categories
are:
cash,
assistance,
a
reserve,
workforce
development
and
community
grants.
This
bill
addresses
each
of
those
categories,
while
enhancing
protections
against
fraud
and
abuse
of
the
tanf
program.
C
Members
you've
heard
the
sponsors
closing
comments
before
I
call
for
a
vote.
I'm
going
to
ask
legal
to
roll
the
amendments
that
were
put
on
this
committee
put
on
in
this
committee
into
one
to
go
forward
with
that.
We're
voting
on
sending
house
bill
142
to
finance
ways
and
means
all
in
favor.
Do
you
have
a
question
you're
recognized.
B
More
of
a
comment-
really,
I
guess
I'm
I'm
going
to
support
the
bill,
of
course,
but
I
would
like
to
see
in
the
future
us
getting
payments
directly
to
families
without
a
without
a
middleman,
or
something
like
that.
I
think
the
most
effective,
cost-effective
and
efficient
way
is
to
get
the
money
directly
to
the
families.
C
H
C
H
A
C
Thank
you.
This
amendment
clarifies
that
records
not
resulting
in
charges
of
delinquency,
would
remain
confidential
and
that
a
law
enforcement
officer
conducting
an
investigation
from
another
jurisdiction
would
be
privileged
to
those
confidential
records.
After
the
fact
without
explanation,
I
move
passage.
A
C
C
J
Hi
I'm
debra
fisher,
I'm
executive
director
of
tennessee
coalition
for
open
government.
We
track
public
records
and
open
meetings,
bills
and
laws
and
and
court
rulings
on
those
things
and
on
this
bill
the
amendment
does
actually
address
one
of
the
issues
that
we
had,
which
was
what
we
thought
was
some
conflict
with
the
juvenile
portion
of
the
code
that
makes
law
enforcement
records
of
juveniles
confidential
unless
a
child
is
transferred
to
adult
court.
J
Maybe
is
deceased,
so
there
are
no
charges
filed
and
then
to
those
records
that
are
after
a
law
enforcement
agency
investigates
what's
hap.
What
happened?
Are
those
records
then
confidential
and
right
now
they
wouldn't
be
and
information
about.
You
know
what
happened
with
that.
Child
would
be
public
same
thing
and
just
in
terms
of
the
wording
of
the
bill
about
an
incident
involving
a
minor,
we
aren't
exactly
sure
would
hope
to
get
some
clarification
on
what
that
means.
J
H
H
That's
fine
house
bill
368
was
brought
to
me
by
the
legal
counsel
for
putnam
county
school
boards.
Recently
there
was
an
instance
recording
two
juveniles
in
which
some
images
were
traded
between
the
two
juveniles
law
enforcement
was
called,
a
police
record
was
done
and
outside
the
adjudication
in
the
courts
or
any
criminal
charges
being
brought.
The
school
board
realized
that
those
documents
could
be
a
matter
of
open
records,
requests
what
this
bill
would
do.
Would
it
would
close
those
records
for
juveniles
whenever
there
wasn't
a
prosecution?
H
In
regards
to
mrs
fisher's
comments,
she
in
the
instance
of
a
juvenile
and
adult
there
would
be
criminal
charges
there
in
any
criminal
case.
The
juveniles
records
would
always
be
sealed
in
the
instance,
the
the
other
instance
of
which
he
alluded
to
a
school
shooting.
That
would
be
even
if
there
were
no
charges
brought
prosecutorially.
H
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
sponsor
of
this
bill.
I
did
hear
back
from
some
of
my
school
board
members,
and
this
is
this-
is
a
good
bill
that
protects
our
kids
and
and
our
community
does
nothing
to
open
our
communities
up
to
anything.
So
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
do
this.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank
you.
C
C
L
Thank
you,
chairman
and
committee.
This
is
a
drafting
code,
2783
of
house
bill
734.,
mr
chairman,
in
april
2020
cms
or
the
center
for
medicare
and
medicaid
services
created
waivers
for
state
governments
to
address
the
covet
response.
In
on
april,
the
first
2002
in
executive
orders,
14
and
15,
a
designation
for
temporary
nurses.
L
They
have
practice
under
this
emergency
order.
This
would
simply
direct
the
department
of
health,
along
with
the
appropriate
licensing
board,
to
create
emergency
rules
by
july,
the
1st
of
this
year
to
make
sure
that
these
1229
individuals
who
are
gainfully
employed
right
now
do
not
lose
the
benefit
of
this
didactic.
Information
that
they've
already
taken
online,
as
well
as
all
the
clinical
hours,
and
this
would
help
them
establish
a
way
for
to
move
into
a
licensure,
and
with
that,
mr
chairman,
chairman,
I'll,
be
happy
today.
Questions
of
the
committee.
C
M
Explanation,
thank
you,
chairman
and
committee.
What
this
is
a
treasurer's
bill.
This
bill
authorizes
the
state
treasurer
to
inquire
with
local
governments
and
volunteer
fire
departments
about
establishing
a
length
of
service
award
program
which
is
known
as
low
sap.
Pursuant
to
section
457
of
the
internal
revenue
code.
Based
on
the
results
of
the
inquiry,
the
treasurer
is
authorized
to
establish
a
low
sap
program.
M
A
low
sap
is
a
type
of
retirement
plan
for
volunteers,
providing
firefighting
and
prevention
services,
emergency
medical
services
and
ambulance
services
to
be
eligible
to
receive
benefits
from
the
low
sap.
An
individual
must
be
a
bona
fide
volunteer
who
receives
no
compensation
for
the
services
and
instead
receives
only
reimbursement
for
reasonable
expenses
or
reasonable
benefits
and
nominal
fees.
Customarily
paid
in
connection
with
the
performance
of
such
services,
low
sapps
may
be
defined,
may
be
defined.
Contribution
plans
similar
to
a
401
k
or
defined
benefit
plans
like
like
in
a
pension.
M
A
low
sap
is
funded
by
contributions
from
local
governments
and
or
non-profit
entities
that
utilize
the
services
of
eligible
volunteers.
The
volunteers
themselves
would
would
not
contribute
and
the
state
would
not
bear
the
cost
of
the
program
it
would
be
on
the
local
county.
Mr
chairman,
I
stand
ready
for
any
questions.
C
K
C
C
N
Thank
you,
chairman
reagan.
Our
state's
bep
funding
formula
provides
contains
no
provisions
providing
direct
funding
to
leas
for
the
construction
of
new
schools,
and
yet
some
of
our
lease
are
growing
very
quickly.
Some
are
adding
a
thousand
or
more
new
students
per
year.
Some
are
initiating
the
construction
of
one
new
school
per
year.
This
is
a
bill
that
would
provide
state
spun
state
funding
for
these
lease
to
build
new
schools
or
fund
other
capital
projects.
N
N
No
lea
would
be
eligible
for
more
than
seven
million
dollars
of
funding.
There's
a
relatively
complicated
funding
formula,
that's
in
the
bill,
but
ultimately
this
bill
would
benefit
35
leas
across
the
state
on
average
they
would
receive
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
happy
to
answer
your
questions.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
My
question
is:
isn't
the
bep
the
result
of
litigation?
Isn't
it
designed
to
balance
all
these
needs?
My
concern
is
that
if
you
pay
certain
certain
counties,
money
and
you
don't
pay
other
counties
that
you're
upsetting
the
balance
and
we
end
up
back
in
court,
have
you
have
you
considered
that
you.
N
Sponsor
this
is
a
bill
that's
designed
to
address
growing
leas
leas
that
are
adding
additional
schools
due
to
additional
students.
Now
the
funding
would
operate
outside
of
the
bep
funding
formula,
so
it
wouldn't
change
the
existing
bep
funding
formula.
My
understanding
is
that
the
existing
formula
has
four
components:
one
for
salaries,
one
for
benefits,
one
for
classrooms
and
one
for
non-classroom
items,
and
in
none
of
those
four
categories,
would
the
funding
would
state
funding
for
an
lea
change
when
an
lea
makes
the
decision
to
ben
to
build
a
new
school?
F
F
So
I
guess
your
bill
is
clearly
well
intended.
I'm
just
concerned
about
the
the
implications
of
it.
I'm
worried
you're
going
to
take
us
down
the
road
that
takes
us
back
into
court
because
really,
I
think
all
of
our
state
funding
is
supposed
to
be
directed
through
the
bep,
at
least
for
these
major
components
of
our
education
system.
Representative
bond.
You
wish
to
respond.
N
Maybe
I
could
respond
this
way.
Any
lea
would
be
eligible
for
this
funding.
It
wouldn't
be
earmarked
for
certain
districts
over
others
conditional
on
them
growing
two
percent
over
the
preceding
five
years.
That
would
be
the
motivation
for
or
for
why
they
would
need
to
build
a
new
school
in
the
first
place.
F
I
would
love
it,
but
I
would
be
concerned
that
I
would
be
creating
any
qualities
that
the
bep
is
designed
to
to
address.
So
I
think,
as
you
go
down
the
road,
I
think
that
needs
to
be
probably
vetted,
perhaps
even
with
an
attorney
general
opinion,
because
I
worry
that
passing
your
bill
may
have
the
unintended
consequences
of
of
undoing
the
bep
unintentionally.
B
N
I
think
my
interesting
question
would
be
it
would
be
a
new
pool
of
money.
This
is
funding
outside
of
the
bep
funding
formula.
In
that
sense,
the
bep
formula
wouldn't
change
the
funding
through
the
formula
wouldn't
change.
This
would
just
be
additional
state
dollars
through
the
state's
general
fund
that
would
be
provided
to
to
certain
leas,
with
one
condition
the
condition
is
they
have
to
have
grown
two
percent
over
five
years.
That's
the
barometer
used
to
determine
whether
they
would
need
a
new
school
or
not.
C
C
C
E
O
C
G
Okay,
first
on
the
amendment
5378,
it's
a
combo
amendment,
part
of
it
brought
by
the
administration
to
assure
that
this
bill
is
not
mandatory
at
all,
but
is
completely
permissive
and
the
second
part
of
the
amendment
excludes
higher
education,
where
many
of
the
higher
education
institutions
were
already
providing
child
care
and
we
weren't
trying
to
change
what
they
were
already
doing.
So
that's
the
amendment,
mr
chairman,.
C
C
E
Mr
chairman,
mr
chairman
and
committee
house,
bill
1010
provides
the
following
state.
Treasurer
would
be
authorized
to
establish
a
captive
insurance
company
for
the
purpose
of
ensuring
the
state's
potential
losses,
exposures
and
risks.
The
captive
insurance
company
would
be
a
separate
legal
entity
administratively
attached
to
the
department
of
treasury.
The
captive
insurance
company
would
be
subject
to
the
same
oversight
and
regulation
by
the
department
of
commerce
and
insurance
as
a
private,
captive
insurance
company.
C
C
A
Members
can
I
get
a
motion
and
a
second
on
this.
We
do
have
the
motion
in
the
second
any
comments,
questions
for
chairman
reagan,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
amendment
five,
four,
nine
one
to
house
bill
four,
five:
five
signify
by
saying
aye,
those
opposed,
nay,
amendment
goes
on
chairman
reagan.
The
gavel
is
yours,.
P
P
C
K
P
Able
to
that
that's
I
probably
didn't
that's
not
the
the
best
wording,
but
they
contemporarily
for
a
max
of
30
days
practice
in
an
in
another
compact
state,
in
other
words,
tennessee
adopts
this,
for
instance,
virginia's
in
this
compact.
Now,
someone
moving
to
tennessee
from
virginia
can
practice
for
30
days
until
they
in
in.
In
the
meantime,
it
gives
them
time
to
get
a
tennessee
license.
K
C
O
C
Okay,
now
we're
out
of
session,
and
the
name
that
I
have
for
public
testimony,
I
believe,
is
mr
mark
green.
Is
mr
green
here
nope
changing
plans
there,
okay,
we're
back
in
session
all
right
with
the
bill.
The
bill
is
before
us.
We
are
voting
to
send
house
bill
455
to
finance
ways
and
means
all
in
favor,
say
aye
all
opposed,
nay,
bill
moves
out
the
eyes
have
it
if
you
wish
to
be
recorded
as
a
no
talk
to
the
clerk.
C
Members,
we're
on
item
number
10
house
bill
533
by
chairman
weaver.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
members
for
your
information.
It
is
traveling
with
an
amendment.
The
amendment
number
is
zero:
zero,
four,
zero,
nine
four,
because
it
is
already
on
the
bill.
We
do
not
need
to
take
action
on
it.
In
this
committee,
chairman
weaver,
you
are
recognized
for
an
explanation
of
your
bill.
533.
Q
Thank
you
chairman.
Thank
you,
members.
As
many
of
you
know,
in
your
district,
we
are
all
having
pardon
me
struggle
with
the
shortage
of
teachers,
and
this
bill
seeks
to
take
care
of
that
in
re
in
number,
one
in
recruitment
and
retention
of
professional
teachers
into
your
district
house.
Bill
533
will
also
seek
to
solve
to
remove
difficult
process
in
placing
a
proven
qualified
educator
in
the
classroom
and
also
by
issuing
a
license
that
is
equivalent
to
the
license
that
the
teacher
possesses
in
another
state.
I
I
was.
Q
That
will
probably
answer
some
questions.
If
you
have,
if
you
have
some
later
but
section,
one
allows
out-of-state
educators
that
possess
the
equivalent
of
a
tennessee
professional
teacher's
license
in
their
current
state
to
re,
receive
a
tennessee
professional
level,
teaching
license
without
being
required
to
take
an
assessment
or
receive
certain
evaluation
scores.
Q
Additionally,
section
one
includes
specific
language
that
supports
military
spouses,
seeking
re
reciprocal
licensure
in
tennessee
action.
One
only
applies
to
license
your
applications
effective
on
or
after
july,
1
2021,
evaluation
score
within
the
last
two
years
to
replace
these
missing
evaluation
scores
with
either
one
the
most
recent
evaluation
score.
That
is
available
or
two
a
recommendation
from
the
director
of
schools
regarding
the
educators,
evaluation,
score
and
section
two
is
effective
upon
becoming
law.
Section
three
gives
the
state
board
of
education,
the
authority
to
promulgate
rules
for
this
legislation
and
sec.
Q
Section
three
is
effective
on
becoming
law,
and
we
really
need
to
get
this
getter
done
and
get
this
bill
going,
because
we've
got
a
lot
of
teachers
that
could
be
filling
in
the
vacancies
that
we
have
across
our
state
and
there's
a
lot
of
those.
So
if
you
have
any
other
questions
I'll
be
glad
to
answer
them.
R
C
B
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
We
definitely
are
approaching
a
serious
teacher
crisis
shortage
and
and
I've
had.
I
have
some
concerns
from
the
teacher
prep
program
at
university
of
tennessee
at
knoxville,
which
is
the
program
I
attended
and
what
their
concerns
are
or
a
lot
of
these
other
states
even
for
a
professional
license.
They
had
no
educator
prep
program,
there's
something
called
the
american
board
that
some
states
accept
and
it's
basically
watching
youtube
videos
and
becoming
a
teacher
and
and
it's
paying
two
thousand
dollars,
and
so
also
the
with
tfa.
B
That's
an
unusual
situation.
Typically,
when
a
teacher
comes
in
from
another
state,
they
just
come
in
and
apply,
and
so
I
just
want
to
bring
the
attention
forward.
I
mean,
like
I
love
part
two
of
this
bill,
and
so
but
it's
it's
very
concerning
to
me
that
we
will
be
giving
professional
license
to
people
who
would
not
have
yeah.
Q
Q
C
C
K
C
K
Apparently,
we've
had
a
problem
in
the
country
as
well
as
in
tennessee,
where
people
have
had
fraudulent
liens
placed
against
their
homes,
their
businesses,
farms
and
other
things,
and
the
registers
of
deeds
association
brought
this
bill
to
me
and
they
have
a
software
package
that
they're
putting
out
throughout
the
whole
state
that
will
allow
people
to
register,
and
if
anybody
puts
a
lien
on
your
property,
it
will
alert
you
whether
it's
a
legal
lien
or
whether
it's
an
illegal
lien.
It
will
make
you
aware
and
what
I'm
trying
to
do
with
this
bill.
K
C
Okay,
seeing
them
and
without
objection
we
are
voting
on
sending
house
bill
851
to
calendar
and
rules,
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
all
opposed,
nay,
bill
moves
out
to
counter
and
rules.
Next
on.
Our
item
list
is
item
number
13
house
bill
973
by
chairman,
apparently
leader
dixie.
We
have
a
motion
in
a
second.
C
R
Okay,
well
this
this
amendment,
it
rolled
everything
into
one
that
we've
had
before,
so
it
makes
it
a
little
cleaner,
so
this
bill,
basically
it
directs
local
school
boards
to
develop
a
policy
that
sets
clear.
The
enrollment
criteria
from
7th
to
12th
grade
advanced
courses
in
science,
english,
language,
arts
and
math,
and
advanced
courses
may
include
advanced
placement.
Honors
courses,
but
each
districts
will
be
diff
will
be
different.
Offerings
will
be
slightly
different
depending
on
what
they
offer
there,
so
it's
totally
dependent
upon
the
fda.
I
mean
lea.
R
R
The
local
enrollment
criteria
will
also
include
other
factors
that
a
district
or
a
public
charter
school
deems
important,
such
as
a
student's
career
interest,
a
teacher's
recommendation
or
other
other
student
self
nomination.
So
this
bill
will
help
level
the
playing
field
and
give
other
students
an
opportunity
in
order
to
have
to
get
into
advanced
course
play
advanced
courses.
R
It
will
kind
of
it
will
level
the
playing
field
and
it'll
give
many
many
students
an
opportunity
to
enroll
in
this,
but
to
have
take
advantage
of
this
and
hopefully
get
our
college
enrollment
up
and
give
them
career
opportunities
as
they
move
forward.
With
that,
mr
chairman,
I
will
stand
to
answer
any
questions.
Members.
K
C
A
C
A
C
Wait
a
minute
I
need
to
present
the
amendment
before
you
give
me
a
question.
Thank
you.
Okay,
there
you
go.
This
amendment
requires
the
department
of
children's
services
to
report
back
to
government
operations,
joint
subcommittee
on
education,
health
and
general
welfare,
not
later
than
december
31st
2021
to
update
the
committee
on
the
progress
of
the
findings
in
their
2020
performance
audit.
Without
a
move
passage
representative.
F
A
A
I
don't
know,
I
think
we
should
go
ahead
and
just
push
the
amendment
onto
the
bill
and
then
go
forward.
I
didn't
mean
to
get
things
off.
Okay,
back
on
the
amendment,
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
amendment
5492
to
house
bill
317
state
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
nay.
The
amendment
goes
on
at
this
time.
We
will
go
out
of
session
and
hear
from,
I
guess,
department
of
children's
service.
I
think
it's
commissioner
nichols
so
we're
out.
Please
come
forward.
A
S
S
S
S
I
will
lump
some
of
the
findings
together
if
they
relate
to
a
particular
division
within
the
department,
just
for
time's
sake,
and
so
as
for
finding
number
one
I'm
going
to
combine
that
with
finding
number
six,
as
both
those
relate
to
our
juvenile
justice
division.
A
finding
number
one
was
primarily
related
to
tracking
face-to-face
contacts
with
our
youth,
and
it
has
been
corrected
by
establishing
new
protocol
for
supervisors
to
actually
track
case
manager,
face-to-face
contacts
and
all
jj
staff
has
been
trained.
S
The
new
protocols
were
already
written,
they've
been
put
in
put
into
the
supervisor's
performance
review
plan
and
I'm
happy
to
report
it.
Should
you
have
questions
that
our
face-to-face
visits
have
skyrocketed.
Just
with
that
very
small
tweak.
There
was
also
a
concern
that
our
electronic
monitoring
unit
or
was
not
where
it
should
be.
Actually
we
didn't
have
a
unit,
so
we
created
one
last
october
before
our
hearing
and
they've
all
been
trained
and
it
is
working
beautifully.
That's
for
the
youth
that
are
on
a
monitor
number
six
related
to
priya
compliance.
S
It
was
concerned
to
many
of
you
in
december,
and
it
was
that
of
the
four
years
we
missed
one
of
the
year's
one
year,
reporting
out
on
our
annual
staffing
plan.
So
what
we
did
on
that
one
is
put
it
into
policy
that
we
named
the
person
by
title
that
is
responsible
for
doing
that
report.
We
said
the
report
had
to
be
complete
by
march
the
31st
of
each
year,
there's
an
internal
control
to
make
sure
that
happens,
and
this
year
it
was
completed
in
february.
S
S
The
policies
we
put
in
place
obviously
included
this
new.
So
we
didn't
have
a
problem
with
those
finding
number
three
is
is
falls
into
our
office
of
child
safety
division,
and
it
was
truly.
The
comptroller's
office
said
that
we
had
improved
said
that
particular
division
had
a
weakness
and
delay
in
moving
some
things
through
the
investigative
process
and
documenting
them
in
t
facts.
We
did
this.
S
Did
the
same
thing
with
ocs
in
terms
of
developing
performance
measures
and
tools,
and
or
this
is
one
that
we
are
in
the
process
of
doing
it's
not
complete
the
process.
I
mean
that
the
tools
are
in
place,
but
we
have
not
fully
implemented
them
to
see
the
results
that
we
hope
to
have
by
our
june
check-in
with
the
comptroller
and
I'm
going
to
combine
finding
four
five,
seven
and
eight
all
of
those
fall
under
the
cqi
or
continuous
quality
improvement.
Division.
S
S
S
And
so
finding
number
nine
and
ten
are
together
as
well,
and
those
are
its
ts
issues
in
the
first
one.
We
are
working
with
sts
to
correct
an
internal
control
that
had
a
risk
of
allowing
unauthorized
access
to
sensitive
data.
I
will
say
it
was
not
just
our
department
when
the
comptroller's
office
identified
this
so
they're
working
across
the
board
to
fix
that
issue.
In
number
10
decade
ago
we
began
a
fiscal
enhancement
to
our
data
system
and
at
all
times
we
have
used
that
data
system.
It
works.
S
F
Thank
you,
commissioner,
for
coming
here's
my
main
question.
I
looked
at
the
audit
report
and,
of
course
there
are
multiple,
problematic
findings.
What
I
don't
understand
is
how
come
when
you
look
in
the
audit
report.
The
auditor's
comments
seem
to
repeatedly
say
that
you're
not
providing
evidence
to
respond
to
their
issues.
I'll
give
you
just
two
examples,
because
we've
got
a
lot
of
people
on
the
committee.
They
may
have
their
own
questions,
but
with
finding
one
which
was
about
the
lack
of
consistent
documentation
of
supervisory
review
of
family
service
workers.
F
Probation,
you
give
a
link
the
explanation.
The
auditor's
comment
on
page
23,
the
audit
report
is
management,
did
not
provide
evidence
to
support
their
statements
as
to
which
child
contacts
were
undocumented
versus,
missed,
and
then
you.
These
are
just
two
examples
of
a
multitude.
If
you
look
at
finding,
four
management
did
not
have
sufficient
monitoring
process
to
document
and
analyze.
The
provider
agencies
performed
all
required
background
checks.
F
F
My
question
is:
how
come
this
report
has
so
many
instances
where
the
auditors
from
the
comp,
tollers
or
office
are
still
saying,
after
all,
is
said
and
done
after
they've
sat
down
with
you
and
gone
through
all
these
concerns
that
your
office
has
not
produced
the
information
they're
looking
for.
Why
is
that,
throughout
this
entire
report,.
F
Like
to
know
more
generally,
if
you
would
in
mind,
commissioner,
because
it
seems
like
this
suggests
a
culture
of
lack
of
responsiveness
and
failure,
and
so
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
so
when
we
don't
get
back
here
in
2021
and
have
the
same
problems,
what
has
happened,
why
I've
never
seen
an
audit
report
like
this.
Frankly,
where
repeatedly
it
says
management
didn't
respond
to
the
auditors.
What's
the
issue.
S
I
I
guess
what
I
was
going
to
try
and
say
is:
is
give
you
an
example
that
I
think
it
can
be
used
to
generally,
which
is
what
I
think
you
want
I'm
going
to
do
that
by
addressing
finding
number
one
in
that
instance.
This
is
the
one
I
started
off
with
today
saying
that
there
was
a
lack
of
evidence
about
our
case
managers
face-to-face
contacts
with
youth,
so
we
asked
them
go
through.
What's
the
deal
if-
and
I
said
in
december,
we
are
in
a
culture
if
it's
not
documented,
it
didn't
happen.
S
F
S
O
O
S
Well,
in
fact,
they
didn't
write
down
that
they
did
and
I
think
it's
a
combination
of,
I
think
we
had
case
managers
not
making
because
like
in
some
depending
on
the
level
of
service
you
had
to
make
you
know
three
and
30
days,
and
then
you
know
if
they're
on
out.
So
I
know
I
would
not
stand
here,
sir,
and
tell
you
that
I
believed
every
single
one
of
them
did
it.
I
believe
our
tracking
mechanisms
weren't
what
they
should.
I
believe
that
the
system
was
too
complicated.
S
I
do
believe
that
some
of
them
went
and
made
the
visits
and
didn't
write
them
down
because
they
were
in
a
hurry
or
thought
they'd
do
tomorrow
and
didn't
so.
I
believe
it's
a
combination,
but
now
I
can
tell
you
of
the
four
areas,
one
area
between
october
of
2016
and
july,
2020
56,
that's
how
three
face-to-face
visits
within
the
first
30
days
that's
gone
up,
since
our
policy
changed
to
91.8
percent
probation.
That
was
a
wholly
different
section.
S
We
were
at
71
between
2016
and
2020.,
we're
now
at
95.4
percent
and
there's
two
more
sections
that
have
that
big
of
a
leap
all
it
took
was
getting
in
there
and
putting
the
controls
in
there
and
people
understanding
you're,
going
to
make
them
and
you're
going
to
document
them.
Representative,
calfi
follow-up.
O
Two
weeks
ago,
his
past
friday
overdosed
had
her
17
month
old
child
with
her,
and
we
went
to
the
dcs
in
kingston
and
were
we
had
some
great
help
there
preparing
us
to
file
for
joint
for
emergency
custody
of
this
child,
which
we
kept
for
several
days
and
then
maybe
that
maybe
the
grandparents
are
gonna,
keep
it
and
maybe
not,
but
we
sure
had
some
good
help
and
I
can't
remember
the
lady's
name
there.
I
want
to
say
it
was
lisa.
O
You
telling
me
don't
don't
quote
me
on
the
name,
but
I'm
telling
you
we
couldn't
have
been
treated
any
more
nice
than
we
were
down
there,
so
we
may
still
end
up
with
this
child,
which
is
a
little
bit
tough
at
our
age,
but
we're
going
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
and
and
pass
that
on.
If
you
would.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
B
B
And-
and
I
didn't
think
so,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure
before
my
next
comment,
which
is
you
know
a
lot
of
that
reporting,
it
happened,
it
didn't
get
reported,
and
I
know
from
talking
to
so
many
caseworkers
that
they
are
maxed
out
in
their
caseloads
and
and
honestly
when
you
go
from
50
to
90
percent,
I'm
seriously
concerned
about
caseworkers
mental
health.
At
this
point
you
know
the
reality
is
when
you
stretch
people
so
thin
turnover
has
to
be
incredible.
S
A
turnover
rate
is
a
problem.
Thank
you
for
bringing
it
up
it.
It's
a
it's
a
big
problem.
In
fact,
when
I
was
here
in
december,
we
were
talking
about
wilder
turnover
and
I
gave
a
number
that
was
incorrect.
Have
since
found
out
and
contacted
chairman
reagan
that
our
hr
was
using
a
wrong
wrong
formula
and
even
wilder
by
itself
was
18,
and
I
think
case
manager
overall,
is,
I
know,
what's
over
case
managers
we're
getting
it
bottom
line.
Is
it's
high?
B
Everyone,
you
know
all
the
caseworkers
that
I've
ever
worked
with
talked
to
you
know:
they're,
not
slacking,
they're,
doing
their
job
and
they're
working
really
hard
for
low
pay
and
a
really
intense
and
difficult
job.
So
I
just
say
that
we
have
to
do
everything
we
can
to
increase
the
number
of
caseworkers
and
also
you
know,
and
to
decrease
that
turn
our
turnover,
which
is
such
it's
not
good
with
the
population
that
they're
working
with.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
chairman,
and
thank
you
guys
for
being
here,
and
we
talked
about
this
in
my
office
about
the
the
background
checks.
I
think
that
was
one
of
my
my
greatest
concerns.
If
you
could
go
back
over
that,
because
it's
just
when
you're
letting
people
out
there
without
the
background
check
it's
dangerous
or
it
could
be
dangerous
to
all
of
us.
So
if
you
could
go
back
over,
I
know
you
brought
it
up,
but
if
you
could
go
back
over
that
a
little
bit
more
intense.
S
All
right,
so
the
I
want
to
reiterate,
though,
that
all
employees
and
volunteers
do
complete
fingerprint
and
background
criminal
background
checks
conducted
by
tbi
and
fbi
that
wasn't
the
problem.
This
particular
finding
centered
on
the
department
policy,
which
required
additional
background
checks
and
and
registry
checking,
and
when
the
comptroller's
office
went
back
and
checked
all
of
those
for
the
for
the
employees
he
identified.
There
was
not
one
employee
or
one
volunteer
that
wouldn't
have
been
hired
or
allowed
to
volunteer
as
a
result
of
the
policies.
S
So
we,
a
new
hr
policy,
was
created
that
requires
all
pre-higher
background
checks
out
there
in
the
region,
so
across
the
state
to
now
be
submitted
to
central
office
and
that
employee
is
not
going
to
be
put
into
edison
until
the
person
running
that
this
new
program
under
this
new
policy
has
confirmed
that
every
single
I
has
been
dotted
and
t
has
been
crossed.
We
are
also
doing
that
for
every
single
volunteer.
S
Now
these
volunteers,
for
the
most
part,
are
these
wonderful
people
that
that
work
at
isaiah
house
and
some
of
the
other
type
facilities,
but
we
are
also
going
to
make
sure
that
every
volunteer,
once
they
apply,
comes
to
central
office,
their
paperwork
and
is
checked
before
they
are
certified
so
before
they
can
walk
in
the
door
as
a
dcs
volunteer,
and
thank
you
for
for
asking
representative
littleton.
We
appreciate
it.
You
can't
slack
on
it
if
and
and
I'm
not
suggesting
that
the
fbi's
process
is
slacking.
S
C
C
K
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
It's
good
to
hear
of
all
the
strides
that's
being
made
and
the
improvements
that's
being
made,
but
I
want
to
go
back
to
my
fellow
representative
here
from
davidson
county
and
the
big
thing
that
I'm
going
to
be
looking
for
is
to
make
sure
you
guys
are
providing
the
information
and
being
compliant
with
the
comptroller
that
that
means
a
lot
when
you
have
nine
or
ten
findings
that
really
raises
concerns
with
us
and
then
not
to
be
compliant
with
the
comptroller
is
very
concerning.
K
C
C
A
Thank
you,
sherman.
Any
further
questions
comments.
Seeing
none.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
today.
We
are
now
back
in
session
any
further
discussion
on
the
bill.
Seeing
none
are
we
ready
to
vote?
We've
got
the
motion.
We've
got
the
second
all
those
in
favor
of
sending
house
bill.
317
do
calendar
and
rules
signify
by
saying
aye,
any
opposition
net
bill
moves
out
to
calendar
and
rules
and
have
the
clerks
take
your
vote
if
you're
in
opposition
next
on
our
calendar,
is
item
number
15
house
bill
255.
A
C
A
B
B
Thank
you
chairman.
I
serve
on
that
committee
and
we
do
meet
quarterly
and
there's
no
way
meeting
quarterly
that
you
can
do
that
because
it
takes
us
the
whole
morning,
sometimes
into
the
afternoon.
They're
brutal
cases
they're
hard
to
go
over,
but
we
go
through
them
with
the
fine-tooth
comb
to
try
and
find
legislation
that
will
help
protect
our
children.
So
it's
a
great
committee,
but
there's
no
way
to
meeting
quarterly
that
we
could
do
any
different.
B
A
Next,
on
our
calendar
item
number
16
house
bill,
729,
state
energy
policy,
council,
chairman
reagan,
we've
got
a
motion
in
a
second
and
we've
got
a.
The
question
has
been
called
on
the
bill.
All
those
in
favor
of
sending
house
bill
729
to
finance
ways
in
maine,
signified
by
saying
aye
aye,
the
opposition,
nay,
moves
on
to
finance
ways
and
means
item
number
17
house
bill,
321,
corn
promotion
board.
C
A
C
A
C
A
A
That
all
in
favor
of
putting
the
amendment
5493
on
house
bill,
566
signify
by
saying
aye,
any
opposition,
nay
amendment
goes
on
chairman
reagan.
The
question
has
been
called
on
the
bill.
Without
any
opposition,
we
will
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
amendment
or
I'm
sorry,
all
those
in
in
favor
turn
the
page.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor
sending
house
bill
566
to
calendar
rules
signify
by
saying
aye,
any
opposition,
nay
bill
moves
on
to
counter
rules.
This
completes
the
calendar
chairman
reagan.
You
are
recognized,
sir.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Vice
chair
members.
We
have
completed
our
calendar
as
a
reminder
march
29th,
which
is
next
week.
There
will
be
a
joint
meeting
committee
meeting
and
it's
being
chaired
by
the
senate.
This
go
around.
Please
make
sure
that
you're
available
for
that
one,
but
there's
a
motion
to
adjourn
all
those
in
favor
we're.