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House passes bill to require expedited safety checks for newborns in high‑risk cases
Summary
The House passed House Bill 7 76 to require Department of Health & Welfare child‑protection workers to prioritize and verify certain reports involving newborns within 12 hours when mandatory reporters flag risk and adults involved have prior aggravated histories; the measure passed on a recorded vote.
The Idaho House passed House Bill 7 76 after extended floor debate. The sponsor said the measure is a narrow procedural change that requires Child Protective Services to prioritize safety checks — not an automatic removal or authorization for forced entry — when a newborn (age 0–1) is reported by a mandatory reporter and there is a known aggravated history in the household.
Representative (speaker 20), sponsor, framed the…
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