SB 2362

ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2362, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:  Removes that the department of children's services must enter into an interagency agreement with the department of disability and aging (DDA) and implement recommendations from DDA on service evaluations for children with an intellectual or developmental disabilities , such children's placement, oversight of placement, training for department of children's services staff and providers, and disability-specific care coordination.  Authorizes collaboration between the two departments on training, oversight tools, referrals of children suspected to have an intellectual or developmental disability , and authorizes interagency agreements to further such collaboration.  Removes that the annual report must include r eports on oversight of placement .  Requires that the annual report include t he status of the development of quality oversight tools for the monitoring of department of children's services contractors providing residential services to a child with a disability .