The Commission submitted its opinion to the Minster of Health and Welfare with regard to the provisions about mandatory human rights education in the Act on the Welfare and Support for Independence of Homeless and Article 27 of the bill for its Enforcement Regulations which went into effect on June 8, 2012 (March 8, 2012). The opinion called for incorporating into the Act and its Enforcement Regulations the provisions that oblige employees working at homeless shelters to receive at least four hours of human rights education per annum. The proposed subjects of education programs include i) measures to protect the human rights of homeless people, ii) issues pertaining to the examples, remedies and prevention of the violations of human rights of homeless people, and iii) items designed to raise the human rights sensitivity of the employees of homeless facilities. D. Opinion on the Amendment Bill for the Enforcement Decree and the Enforcement Regulations of the Child Welfare Act The Ministry of Health and Welfare asked the NHRCK for its opinion on the Amendment Bill for the Enforcement Decree and the Enforcement Regulations of the Child Welfare Act, to which the Commission responded on April 5, 2012. In its opinion, the Commission advised the Ministry i) to make a separate statement about respecting the opinion of a child into the provisions pertaining to the decision to return a child to his/her home; ii) to provide detailed information on the type of crimes when referring to the criminal records of applicants for family foster care, and expand the scope of who is subject to having their criminal records investigated; iii) to improve the regulations about safety education for children so that they require offering education on children's rights into the basic educational coursework; iv) to expand the types of crimes that are subject to having their criminal records investigated, as it applies to the provisions regarding child safety protection personnel and emergency shelters for children; v) to stipulate the completion of educational programs that educate about child abuse prevention and Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Policies and Practices 57