HB2346 Session 2025r1 In House Committee

Creates the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management within the Department of Human Services.

Summary

<b>Digest: The Act creates a new office in DHS to provide human services in emergencies. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act creates a new office to provide human services in emergencies. The Act also provides that a person who is responsible for a fire may be liable for the costs of helping people affected by the fire. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).</i>] Creates the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management within the Department of Human Services. Sets forth the powers and duties of the office. [<i>Provides that a person who is willful, unlawful, malicious or negligent in the origin or spread of a fire is liable for the actual costs incurred by the department in providing services to individuals affected by the fire.</i>].