Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2020.

This is an FY 2020 supplemental appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare for the Child Welfare Division. The bill provides onetime funding for the remaining three months of system development for the new child welfare case management system. Last legislative session, these funds were intentionally withheld to ensure that the system was progressing in a manner that would meet the needs of the children in foster care and for staff that work with those kids. The bill also provides additional ongoing funding to account for increasing costs for children in congregate care, foster care, and adoptions.