AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A Maine lawmaker wants to make the state agency that serves children a separate, cabinet level-department.

The Portland Press Herald reports state Senator Bill Diamond introduced a bill that would remove the Office of Children and Family Services from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Speaking on Tuesday before a senate committee, the Democrat said the department was too large and complex to oversee child protective services. But the office’s director Todd Landry said in a letter the the costs and drawbacks of creating a new, separate department for children outweigh any benefits.

The bill is one of several the senate committee is considering this week relating to child protections.