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House Health and Human Services concurs in bill creating statewide child-abuse registry with reporting and expungement rules
Summary
The House Health and Human Services committee concurred in Senate Bill 468, which establishes a statewide central registry for substantiated child-abuse or neglect reports, adds annual reporting requirements for DPHHS and clarifies definitions; an amendment to allow expungement after five years failed.
The House Health and Human Services committee voted to concur in Senate Bill 468, creating a statewide central registry for substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect and adding new reporting and record-definition requirements.
Ms. Allen, committee staff, told members the bill sets a central registry, provides procedures for expungement, and includes definitions and an effective date. She explained amendment 468.2 0.1 revises statutory language so that “substantiated means that the department has investigated the report…
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