HB1164 - Reporting of child abuse or neglect.

3 Co-Sponsors

Reporting of child abuse or neglect. Provides that staff members of a medical institution, a medical facility, or any other health care facility have a duty to report child abuse within two hours to both the department of child services and the local law enforcement agency. Provides that an individual's duty to report is nondelegable. Requires that if a report alleges that a youth coach is the abuser, the department shall investigate to determine whether the school or athletic facility reasonably should have known that the alleged abuse was happening. Allows the department to consider certain facts when determining whether the school or athletic facility reasonably should have known about the alleged abuse. Raises the penalty for failure to report to a Class A misdemeanor. (Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor.) Makes conforming changes.