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Infant and Child Death Review presents 2021 findings; committee presses for perpetrator recidivism data

CHILDREN AND YOUTH COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 27, 2024
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Summary

The Infant and Child Death Review (ICDR) presented its 2021 report—147 reviewed injury deaths with motor vehicle crashes, suicide and sudden unexplained infant deaths leading—and committee members pressed for follow‑up on 28 homicides and whether perpetrators were repeat offenders.

Samaria Hill, coordinator of the Infant and Child Death Review (ICDR), told the Senate Children and Youth Committee that ICDR’s regional teams reviewed 147 injury deaths of Arkansas children in 2021 and produced multidisciplinary recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths.

ICDR’s report identified motor vehicle crashes, suicide and undetermined causes (primarily sudden unexplained infant death) as the…

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