diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ProcConfig.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ProcConfig.cs
index 65c45fa9..adb5dd7b 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ProcConfig.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ProcConfig.cs
@@ -411,7 +411,27 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				OnPropertyChanged("Print_RevDate");
 			}
 		}
-		//new changebar_date
+		[Category("Print Settings")]
+		[Browsable(false)]
+		[DisplayName("User Selected ChangeBarDate View")]
+		[RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All)]
+		[Description("The view change bars starting date stored in ChangeBarDate")]
+		// B2023-015 this allows us to better determine if a change bar should be view/printed for child (slave) procedures
+		// when the user selects view change bars starting date, it's stored in the procedure config under "ChangeBarDate"
+		// (see the Set for Print_ChangeBarDate)
+		public DateTime? Print_ViewableStartingChangeBarDate
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				DateTime? dt = null;
+				string s = _Xp["Procedure", "ChangeBarDate"];
+				if (s!= null && s!="")
+					dt = DateTime.Parse(s);
+				return dt;
+			}
+		}
+
+			//new changebar_date
 		[Category("Print Settings")]		//Note that this print setting is stored under 'Procedure' element
 		[Browsable(false)]
 		[DisplayName("Revision ChangeBarDate")]
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
index c1621f55..ad6c9c02 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
@@ -3634,7 +3634,14 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 					if (ii == null) return false;		// when deleting a source step, this was causing a crash (null ii)
 					return (ii.MyContent.DTS > MyProcedure.ChangeBarDate);
 				}
-				// if there is no override & return whether there was a change to the text.
+				// B2023-015 When user sets PROMS to show changebars after a specific date, we store that in the procedure config to Print_ChangeBarDate
+				// (ProcConfig.cs), but it actually get saved to "ChangeBarDate".  Also when we get the value of Print_ChangeBarDate when processing a
+				// Child (slave), it returns the ChangeBarDate of the child instead of the date set by the user (to show change bars after a specific
+				// date). Print_ViewableAfterChangeBarDate was created to get only that user specified date, if it exists.  If it does exist, we compare
+				// that with the Content datetime, otherwise we proceed as before.
+				DateTime? viewableStartingDateTime = (MyProcedure.MyConfig as ProcedureConfig).Print_ViewableStartingChangeBarDate;
+				if (viewableStartingDateTime != null && viewableStartingDateTime > MyProcedure.ChangeBarDate)
+					return (MyContent.DTS > viewableStartingDateTime);
 				return (MyContent.DTS > MyProcedure.ChangeBarDate);
 			}
 		}