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Committee advances bill raising penalties, narrows hospital reporting delegates for youth abuse cases
Summary
A Senate committee voted to advance House Bill 1412 after testimony from child-advocacy groups and parents; the bill raises criminal penalties for covered mandated reporters in youth-serving organizations and narrows how hospitals may delegate reporting duties.
A Senate committee advanced House Bill 1412, a measure that would increase criminal penalties for certain people who fail to report suspected child abuse within youth-serving organizations and change how hospitals delegate mandated-reporting duties.
The bill, presented by Representative Devon Cash to the Senate committee, would raise the penalty for covered mandated reporters in youth sports organizations, schools, ministries and other youth entities from a misdemeanor B to a misdemeanor A and make repeated failures to report by an entity a Level 6 felony. “HB 14 12 aims to do a few things. First, this bill will increase the penalty from a misdemeanor b to a misdemeanor a for those who have a duty to report knowledge of abuse and youth sports organizations, sports facilities, schools,…
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