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Subcommittee recommends pursuing legislation on training to detect child abuse; no public testimony taken
Summary
The Children and Family Law subcommittee reviewed retained HB 1590 (training on abuse and neglect detection) in a closed work session and unanimously recommended the full committee consider filing new legislation, while members raised questions about scope, accreditation, and existing CEU requirements.
The Children and Family Law subcommittee met in a work session to review retained HB 1590, which addresses training on detecting child abuse and neglect, and unanimously recommended that the full committee consider pursuing further legislation.
Chair (Unidentified) opened the meeting and emphasized that it was not a public hearing and that the subcommittee would not take testimony. "This is not a hearing. We do not take testimony from the public at this," the chair said, adding the group would make only an informal recommendation to the full committee.
Representative Long, identified in the…
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