To allow the closure of a child in need of services and at-risk youth hearings to the public, under certain conditions. The public shall be excluded from an at-risk youth hearing if either parent requests that the public be excluded or if the judicial officer finds it is in the best interest of the child.   Official Text and Analysis.

To require the court provide the parents with notice that they have the right to request an at-risk youth hearing be closed to the public. The substitute also reorganizes the section to make the language clearer.