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Senate panel advances changes to child-maltreatment law to expand kin definition and delay interviews
Summary
The committee passed Senate Bill 288, which adds 'fictive kin' to the Child Maltreatment Act's definition, extends an initiation timeframe from 24 to 72 hours for certain placements, and requires a risk determination before interviewing an offender's children, sponsor and witnesses said.
Senate Bill 288, presented to the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on behalf of Senator Clark, was approved by the committee after sponsors described targeted changes to the Child Maltreatment Act.
Debbie Roark, who presented the bill, said the measure makes three specific changes: it expands the statutory definition to include 'fictive kin' (cited in the transcript as 12-18-103),…
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