Relating to child fatality protocol and alleged child abuse

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2020
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2020
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 20, 2020
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 2020
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   Done: Senate committeeJune 4, 2020
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   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to child fatality protocol and alleged child abuse. The bill directs the department of human services in collaboration with the state medical examiner and law enforcement to develop a protocol for responding to the scene of the death of a child that constitutes a death affecting the public interest and that may involve alleged child abuse. The bill provides that the protocol shall include all of the following: all involvement with the family of the child shall be conducted in a nonaccusatory manner, sensitive to the grief and emotions that family members are experiencing; written information shall be provided to the family explaining the legal requirements for an investigation involving law enforcement and the medical examiner; the department shall provide an advocate to assist the family in understanding the information provided to the family; a family shall be allowed to have an advocate of their choosing present; any minor child in the home who is interviewed by the department or law enforcement shall be allowed to have an adult present during the interview; if a minor sibling, or any other minor child living in the same home as the child who died is removed from the home and placed in the care of a temporary caretaker, at the request of law enforcement or the department and with the consent of the parent, the temporary caretaker shall sign a statement stating that the temporary caretaker agrees to be responsible for the child or children.

Changed since by amendment H-8063; see Amendments.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 11, 2020. On February 19, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Rep. Sandy Salmon REmail
• Rep. Holly Brink R
• Rep. Kristin Sunde D

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