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Senate sets time certain for contested child-abuse database bill after hours of debate

Utah Senate · February 22, 2001

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Summary

Senators set substitute House Bill 83 (changes to the child-abuse database) for a time certain after protracted debate over lowering retention periods, due process, and DCFS worker immunity; sponsors said the substitute removes immunity language and sends liability questions to a legislative oversight study.

Senator Wright, floor sponsor of the substitute to House Bill 83, described the bill’s major changes: it would create separate database categories for substantiated and unsubstantiated/without-merit findings, reduce the retention time in many cases (from 10 years to 5 for certain entries) and…

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