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Senate advances bill requiring hospitals to report details of suspected child abuse reports to HHSC
Summary
Senate Bill 128 would require hospitals to submit monthly reports to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) summarizing suspected child abuse reports, including whether parents were notified, diagnostic codes used, and an affidavit from the reporting physician. Sponsor Senator Hall said the measure is intended to reduce mistaken or hasty
Senator Hall introduced Senate Bill 128, a measure to require hospitals to provide monthly reports to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) summarizing suspected child abuse, neglect, or exploitation reports generated by hospital staff.
On the floor Senator Hall described a case in which, he said, a hospital made a report that led to a prolonged separation of a child from the family: "Because of the hospital's failure to protect the family from a false report in this case, 4 year old Drake was separated from his…
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