Authorizing the court to order certain conditions during child welfare shelter care hearings.

Summary

The bill mandates that a shelter‑care hearing be held within 72 hours whenever a child under five is removed from a parent, guardian or custodian, and a second hearing if removal occurs after the first. It also outlines the information the court must consider before keeping the child in shelter, and gives parents rights to notice, counsel, and to waive the hearing only if it is knowing and voluntary. The measure is a response to a sharp rise in critical child‑welfare incidents.

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