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Posted inPublic Health

Child removal reforms advance despite agency opposition

The decision came despite pushback from officials with the state attorney general’s office, the state health department, the Montana County Attorneys Association, and some Democratic lawmakers. Opponents expressed concerns that the changes wouldn’t improve the child welfare system and might instead put children at risk by keeping them in potentially abusive and neglectful households.