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Committee advances bill to narrow abuse exception and require notice in child-abuse investigations involving parents
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee adopted amendments to Senate Bill 736 on March 27 and sent the measure to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation; the bill creates a narrow exception when a suspected abuser is a child's parent and requires written notice to parents or guardians before face-to-face investigative meetings.
The Senate Human Services Committee on March 27 adopted amendments to Senate Bill 736 and forwarded the measure to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill creates an exception for allegations of abuse of a child in care when the suspected abuser is a parent, and it also requires the Oregon Department of Human Services to provide parents or guardians with advance written notice before a face-to-face meeting that occurs as part of a child-abuse investigation.
Committee staff summarized the bill and its posted amendments. In committee, staff said the dash-1 amendment replaced a reference to "a child's parent or guardian" with "an…
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