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H04552020 Regular Session

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding reporting of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

CHILD PROTECTION -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding reporting of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

CHILD PROTECTION

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

This legislation removes the term "other person", "resident on a hospital staff", and "intern" from the list of individuals required to perform mandatory reporting while adding "other health care worker", "principal or other school personnel", "professional child care worker who is at least eighteen years of age", "counselor", "therapist", "other mental health professional", "substance abuse counselor", "law enforcement officer", or "probation or parole officer". This legislation also removed verbiage that would have only given immunity to mandatory reporters, so any person reporting in good faith has immunity.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Mar 3, 2020

House Third Reading

✗ Failed
25 Yea
42 Nay
3 absentFailed by 24.29 votes

LATEST ACTION

Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk

BILL INFO

Session
2020
Chamber
house
Status date
Feb 10, 2020

LINKS

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