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2004 SESSION

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HB 558 Child protective services; notification of criminal matters and child removal.

Introduced by: W. Benny Keister | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Child protective services; notification of criminal matters and child removal. Requires the local department of social services to notify within 24 hours of receipt of a complaint the attorney for the Commonwealth and the local law-enforcement agency and make available to them the records of the local department involving criminal child abuse or neglect. The bill also mandates that physicians, child protective workers or law-enforcement officials take children into custody without prior approval of parents or guardians for up to 72 hours when certain conditions are met rather than use discretion.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043432368  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043432368
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/22/04  House: Passed by indefinitely in H. W. I. (19-Y 3-N)