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  6. HB604 Alabama 2012 Session

HB604 Alabama 2012 Session

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In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Laura Hall
  • Becky Nordgren
  • Terri Collins
  • K.L. Brown
  • Allen Treadaway
  • Joe Faust
  • Dickie Drake
  • Mike Ball
  • Patricia Todd
  • Thomas Jackson
  • Juandalynn Givan
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Child abuse, law enforcement agencies, individuals mandated to report child abuse to report directly to a duly constituted authority, Sec. 26-14-3 am'd
Description

Under existing law, all hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians, surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, nurses, school teachers and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day care workers or employees, mental health professionals, members of the clergy as defined in Rule 505 of the Alabama Rules of Evidence, or any other person called upon to render aid or medical assistance to any child, when the child is known or suspected to be a victim of child abuse or neglect, are required to report, or cause a report to be made of the same, to a duly constituted authority

This bill would provide that anyone with a duty to report known or suspected child abuse shall directly report to a duly constituted authority

To amend Section 26-14-3, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to mandatory reporting of child abuse; to provide that individuals mandated to report child abuse under the mandatory child abuse reporting provisions shall directly report to a duly constituted authority.

Subjects
Child Abuse

Bill Actions

Action DateChamberAction
May 9, 2012Indefinitely Postponed
April 5, 2012Children and Senior Advocacy first Substitute Offered
April 5, 2012Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
March 22, 2012Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy

Bill Text

Download HB604 Alabama 2012 Session PDF

Bill Documents

TypeLink
Bill Text HB604 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced
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