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Sponsor proposes penalty for counties that fail to report child abuse referrals to attorney general; commissioners and prosecutors object
Summary
Representative Bill Mercer proposed House Bill 6 25 to penalize counties that fail to submit statutorily required quarterly reports on child‑abuse referrals to the Attorney General by docking a portion of county entitlement funds.
Representative Bill Mercer opened the hearing on House Bill 6 25 by recounting the statute changes since 2019 that require county attorneys to report quarterly to the Attorney General on centralized intake referrals of suspected child sexual abuse. Mercer said the requirement arose from high‑profile cases where county attorneys did not have clear notice of referrals and that, in practice, many county attorneys failed to send the required…
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