Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, be read for the second time.
Mr. Speaker, this bill includes amendments to the Child and Family Services Act that would:
clarify terminology describing plan of care agreements, care plans and case plans;
exclude from the requirement to report information about a child needing protection, such information as is received in the course of a judicial proceeding;
shorten the time after which a child protection worker must apply to the court for a declaration that a child needs protection and for a child protection order where a plan of care committee has not made a plan of care agreement;
make it an offence for any person to disclose child protection information received, obtained or retained by a person required to keep that information confidential;
establish requirements for obtaining a witness subpoena;
make other minor changes.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act, has had second reading and will be referred to a committee.
---Carried
The honourable Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Robert McLeod.
