Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the child abuse hotline
Topics:Families & human services
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Department of Human Services will create new rules for the child abuse hotline. Callers will hear an audio script explaining their rights to privacy and legal protection. Also, workers taking reports must read back a written summary of what the caller said to make sure it is accurate.1
Read the official explanation
This bill directs the department of human services to adopt rules to utilize an audio script for the child abuse hotline that includes immunity and confidentiality information for callers, and to develop a policy concerning the child abuse hotline requiring an intake worker receiving a report of suspected child abuse to read a written narrative of the reporter’s statements back to the reporter.
Lobbying
1 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →
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89th General Assembly
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2385 Relating to the child abuse hotline88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 373 Relating to the child abuse hotline88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2148 Relating to the child abuse hotline88th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2385 · same titleCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.