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Committee concurs in bill creating central registry for substantiated child-abuse reports with reporting requirements
Summary
The committee adopted two amendments to Senate Bill 468—one clarifying evidence definitions and another requiring annual reporting by DPHHS—and concurred in the bill as twice amended; a proposal to extend the expungement waiting period to five years failed.
Vice Chair Buttry moved to concur in Senate Bill 468, described by committee staff, Ms. Allen, as an act providing for a statewide central registry for substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect, and establishing expungement procedures and definitions. The committee considered three amendments: 468.2.1 (sponsor-presented changes to definitions), 468.2.2 (reporting requirements), and 468.2.3 (an expungement-timing change moved by Representative Close).
Amendment 468.2.1 revised the definitions used in the bill. Ms. Allen…
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