Hello Everyone, I am looking for information on states who have passed any legislation about ACE. I thought I saw that Pennsylvania had begun requiring ACE evaluations at healthcare check-ups but now can't find that information. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Hi, Denice:
There's a legislation section on the Wikipedia ACE Study page. I haven't heard about PA, but VT tried to do this, and the bill didn't pass. There's another bill that should be submitted soon. Elizabeth Prewitt, our legislative analyst, is following these developments.
Hi Denice. Sounds like you may be referring to a bill (H. 299) recently introduced in Vermont by Dr George Till. Here is the link: http://legislature.vermont.gov...0As%20Introduced.pdf Let me know if this sounds like what you are looking for and if not, could you provide any more information? Thanks, Elizabeth
Thanks! I saved it. I was just sure I remembered something similar in Pennsylvania.
Hi Denice,
I'm in Philadelphia and I'm not aware of any PA legislation requiring ACEs screening. Perhaps you are referring to this article about a resolution to support a public health approach to violence and statewide trauma-informed education.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/def...70.305&full=true
70.305.020
(1)(a) The secretary of the department of social and health services and the director of the department of early learning shall actively participate in the development of a nongovernmental private-public initiative focused on coordinating government and philanthropic organizations' investments in the positive development of children and preventing and mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences. The secretary and director shall convene a planning group to work with interested private partners to: (i) Develop a process by which the goals identified in RCW 70.305.005 shall be met; and (ii) develop recommendations for inclusive and diverse governance to advance the adverse childhood experiences initiative.
(b) The secretary and director shall select no more than twelve to fifteen persons as members of the planning group. The members selected must represent a diversity of interests including: Early learning coalitions, community public health and safety networks, organizations that work to prevent and address child abuse and neglect, tribes, representatives of public agency agencies involved with interventions in or prevention of adverse childhood experiences, philanthropic organizations, and organizations focused on community mobilization.
(c) The secretary and director shall cochair the planning group meetings and shall convene the first meeting.
(2) The planning group shall submit a report on its progress and recommendations to the appropriate legislative committees no later than December 15, 2011.
(3) In addition to other powers granted to the secretary, the secretary may:
(a) Enter into contracts on behalf of the department to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(b) Provide funding to communities or any governance entity that is created as a result of the partnership; and
(c) Accept gifts, grants, or other funds for the purposes of this chapter.
Check out this latest Florida legislation that incorporates trauma-informed language. This new bill was approved earlier this week by a Florida House panel aimed at tightening sweeping reforms that lawmakers placed into Floridaâs child-welfare system last year.
See: http://health.wusf.usf.edu/pos...d-protection-reforms for details. And, hereâs an excerpt from the article in this Health News Florida link.
. . . the bill spells out that child protective services must be "trauma informed" --- that is, based on the idea that children can be rehabilitated by addressing the painful experiences theyâve endured, such as family violence or addicted parents.
"Untreated child trauma is a root cause of many of the most pressing problems that communities face, including poverty, crime, low academic achievement, addiction, mental health problems and poor health outcomes," noted the staff analysis of the bill.
The bill also specifies that community-based care organizations, which deliver most services to children and families in the state system, will "prioritize the use of services that are evidence-based and trauma-informed."
