View Amendment Current Amendment: JUD3989.004.DOCX to Bill 3989     Senator HEMBREE proposed the following amendment (JUD3989.004):
    Amend the Committee Report, as and if amended, page [3989-1], by striking lines 36 through 37 and inserting:

/         the person unfit to parent, without considering whether readily available services enable the person to parent adequately. The blindness         /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-1] , by striking Section 63-15-405 beginning at line 41 and inserting:

/         Section 63-15-405.     The Department of Social Services, a child placing agency, or other public entity shall comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, before taking an action that could impact the parental rights of a person with a disability.         /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-2] , by striking lines 9 through 10 and inserting:

/         the person unfit to parent, without considering whether readily available services enable the person to parent adequately.         /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-2] , by striking lines 16 and inserting:

/         unfit to parent, without considering whether readily available services         /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-2] , by striking lines 22 through 23 and inserting:

/         unfit to parent, without considering whether readily available services enable the person to parent adequately. The blindness disability of             /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-2] , by striking line 32 and inserting:

/         considering whether readily available services enable the person to parent         /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-2] , by striking lines 41 through 42 and inserting:

/         (2)     'Public entity' means the State or any political subdivision of the State, including, but not limited to, any department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of the state.         /

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-3] , by striking lines 8 through 15 and inserting:

/         (4)     'Readily available services' means any services available and accessible to a person with a disability that help compensate for those aspects of the disability that affect the care for a child and that enables the person to fulfill parental responsibilities including, but not limited to, auxillary aids or services, learned behavioral or adaptive training, evaluations, and assistance with effective use of adaptive equipment and accommodations that enable a person with a disability to benefit from other services."

    Amend the Committee Report further, as and if amended, page [3989-3] , by striking lines 26 through 27 and inserting:

/         (a)     access to or referrals to access readily available services, as defined in Section 63-15-430(4); and

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.