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Panel hears bill to add elected officials to mandatory‑reporter rules
Summary
Sponsors told the Public Safety Committee House Bill 371 would explicitly make elected officials mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect, retain existing reporting structure and penalties, and prompt discussion about training, jurisdictional routing of reports and possible resource impacts on child protective services.
House Bill 3 71, introduced by Representatives Young and Plummer, received its first hearing before the Public Safety Committee. Sponsors said the bill would explicitly add elected officials to the defined class of mandated reporters — the same group that includes teachers, health care professionals and foster caregivers — and would keep the existing reporting framework and civil liability provisions.
Representative Young told the committee HB 371 "retains the structure of reporting, destination, investigation, notice rules, and civil liability," and…
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