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Committee advances bill to clarify confidentiality and communications for Children's Advocacy Centers
Summary
Senate Bill 2173, which updates the definition of children’s advocacy centers and explicitly protects confidential verbal communications among multidisciplinary partners, received committee support and a due-pass recommendation after testimony from CAC leaders, human services zone directors, prosecutors and supporters.
The Senate Human Services Committee voted to give Senate Bill 2173 a do-pass recommendation after hearing testimony from children's advocacy center leaders, human services zone directors and the state's attorneys association.
Greg Kosowski, executive director of the Children's Advocacy Centers of North Dakota, told the committee the bill updates the statutory definition of a children's advocacy center (CAC), replaces the term "full" with "accredited" to align with the National…
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