Rep. Jackie Walorski failed in her attampt to repeal Indiana Code 20-19-5. It was an amendment she tried to stick into SB 566. The code provision she was trying to repeal requires the department of education, the department of correction, and the division of mental health and addiction to coordinate a children’s social, emotional, and behavior health plan that provides recommendations concerning mental health services, early intervention, and treatment services for children under 22 months of age. Basically, it tries to set up a plan to get social, emotional, and mental health services to infants who need them.
I’m just a little perplexed why this particular bit of bureaucracy was targeted for elimination. The Walorski amendment failed 38 to 60. She also failed by a vote of 34 to 64 in her attempt to amend SB 504 to get rid of the bit that provides that an individual who has been convicted of a felony involving a controlled substance, that does not include an element of distribution or manufacturing of controlled substances, and has completed or is participating in certain substance abuse treatment programs or mental health programs may receive assistance under TANF for up to 12 months. So, not a highly successful day for Ms. Walorski, I guess.
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