Amend CSSB 206 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Study on Professional Caseload Standards and Outcomes. It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Family and Protective Services, using available funds appropriated by the General Appropriations Act and in conjunction with the Legislative Budget Board:

(1)  conduct a study to develop professional and other caseload standards and recommendations for minimum and maximum caseloads for each type of caseworker employed by the department while improving case outcomes; and

(2)  make recommendations based on the study to the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission not later than April 1, 2016.