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Committee adopts amendment to SB 736A clarifying parental immunity and requiring DHS brochure disclosure
Summary
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services on May 22 adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 736A that clarifies parents are not to be treated as perpetrators under the child-in-care abuse definition and requires the Department of Human Services to include a written disclosure that its representatives "are not an attorney and cannot provide legal advice."
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services on May 22 adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 736A that clarifies parents are not to be treated as perpetrators under the statute governing abuse of a child in care and requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to include a written disclosure in materials provided to parents stating that a DHS representative "is not an attorney and cannot provide legal advice."
The amendment (dash A6) removes a prior requirement that DHS provide specified written notice before the first face-to-face meeting in a child abuse investigation, but retains Section 1 clarifying that a parent is not considered the accused under the abuse-in-care definition. The committee recorded that the amendment declares an emergency and that the…
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