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Committee backs study of mandatory child-abuse training for licensed medical providers
Summary
The Children and Family Law committee unanimously recommended further legislation to study requiring two hours of accredited child-abuse recognition training every two years for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants after hearing testimony that an existing free two-hour course has had low uptake.
The House Children and Family Law committee voted unanimously to recommend future legislation examining mandatory training for licensed medical providers to identify child abuse and neglect.
The motion—moved by Representative DeSimone and advanced as a committee recommendation—directed further legislative work on House Bill 1590, which would require training for physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. The committee recorded a unanimous roll-call result in favor of recommending additional legislation.
The recommendation followed testimony from Wendy Gladstone, a retired child-abuse pediatrician, who told the committee a two-hour self-paced online course already exists and would satisfy a proposed two-hour…
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