Introduced
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To require a physician's assistant to make a report to the state Family Independence Agency if they have reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect. Currently, doctors and certain other health professionals are already required to make such reports.
Referred to the Committee on Families, Mental Health, and Human Services
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
Amendment offered
To establish that when a hospital, agency, or school staff member reports a suspected case of child abuse to the person in charge, the staff member is not relieved of his or her requirement under the law to also report the incident case to the state.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To remove coroners from the list of persons required under the law to report a suspected case of child abuse to the state.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To specify in the law the particular state department personnel to whom the report of suspected child abuse must be made.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)
To require a physician's assistant to make a report to the state Family Independence Agency if they have reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect. Currently, doctors and certain other health professionals are already required to make such reports. The bill also removes coroners from list of health professionals required to file the reports.
Passed in the Senate 32 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
