2E Relating to human services; modifying health and safety of children public policy, maltreatment of minors definitions, persons voluntarily reporting, failure to notify, and reports; providing mandatory guidance for screening reports; specifying mandatory notification between police or sheriff and local welfare agencies; requiring local agencies to provide relevant private data on individuals to the mandated reporter filing the report; requiring data privacy protection; requiring the local welfare agency to consult with the county attorney; changing retention requirements for reports not accepted for assessment or investigation; requiring a plan for the development of county agency quality assurance reviews; providing instructions to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for updating the child maltreatment screening guidelines to require agencies to consider prior reports not accepted for assessment or investigation; requiring the commissioner to establish requirements for competency-based initial training, support, and continuing education for child protection workers
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