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Senate delays vote on child-abuse response pilot; HB259 circled after audit concerns
Summary
Second Substitute House Bill 259, establishing a pilot for differentiated responses to child-abuse reports, was presented as a consensus effort but circled after Senator Steele raised audit-identified concerns about assessment procedures; the Senate deferred action for further review.
SALT LAKE CITY — Senators heard presentations on Second Substitute House Bill 259, a pilot program to create differentiated responses to reports of child abuse and neglect, and voted to circle the bill for further consideration.
Senator Stevenson and Representative Brock Martin described the measure as a consensus product developed with…
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