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Committee advances bill to standardize mandated-reporter training
Summary
The Children and Families Committee advanced House File 1346, a bipartisan proposal from Rep. Jim Nash to standardize and expand training for mandated reporters after testimony from advocates and agency staff about gaps in current training.
The Children and Families Committee advanced House File 1346 on a voice vote after hearing testimony that Minnesota’s mandated-reporter training is uneven and omits critical material.
Representatives and advocates said the bill would require more detailed, standardized training so teachers, childcare providers, health workers and other mandated reporters better recognize and report child maltreatment. Rep. Jim Nash (District 48A), the bill sponsor, told the committee the proposal grew from years of work with advocates and state staff.
"It's to create a standardized and greater detailed, training that will help people become a better mandatory reporter," Rep. Jim Nash said as he introduced the bill and described his personal reasons for…
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