Legislative Session number- 89

Bill Name: SF0004

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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