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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 15, 2023

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee was scheduled to consider legislation today that would dissolve the independent Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, who sponsored the bill, said it would distribute the responsibilities of the commission to other parts of the government. SB282/HB330 is sponsored in the House by Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, but has not yet been scheduled. Gov. Bill Lee supports the move, saying reorganization will “better serve Tennessee children by incorporating important services within child and family-serving state agencies, which includes DCS.” Opponents say the change would damage an already unstable child welfare system, Tennessee Lookout reports.