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Bills on panic buttons for CPS workers advance; assault-on-worker bills introduced but not passed
Summary
Commissioner Lacey Trimble told the committee that A.7833 and S.6987—requiring panic buttons for certain Child Protective Services staff—have passed both houses and await the Governor; separate bills (A.7831/S.6986) to create assault-related crimes against CPS workers were introduced but have not passed.
During her report, Commissioner Lacey Trimble said state legislation affecting Child Protective Services staff is moving through the legislature. She told the committee that Assembly Bill A.7833 and Senate Bill S.6987, which would require panic buttons for certain CPS staff, ‘‘has passed both houses and are waiting on the Governor.’’ Trimble cautioned that it was unclear whether the requirement would extend to all CPS staff or how the program would be funded.
Trimble also noted that Assembly Bill A.7831 and Senate Bill S.6986—bills that would establish crimes of assault on a CPS worker, aggravated assault on a CPS worker and menacing—have been introduced but ‘‘have not passed either house.’’ Committee members asked about liability and implementation; Trimble said state supervisors would handle transferred anonymous reports where necessary, and local supervisors would not be tasked with that intake under the proposed practice.
