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2012 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Subcommittee Social Services

Hanger (Chairman), Herring, Carrico

Clerk: Maryann Horch, Maribeth Turner
Staff: Sarah Stanton
Date of Meeting: February 22, 2012
Time and Place: 3 East Conference Room, GAB; after adjournment
Updated to add HB3

H.B. 3

Patron: Marshall, R.G.

Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported.  Adds athletic coaches, directors, employees, and volunteers of private sports organizations and teams and administrators, employees, and volunteers of public or private day camps, youth centers, and youth recreation programs to the list of persons required to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the Department of Social Services.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by athletic coaches and directors of private sports organizations or teams.

12100448D

H.B. 74

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Mandatory report of suspected child abuse; time limit.  Reduces the time limit for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by mandated reporters from 72 hours to 24 hours. In addition, the bill provides that in cases in which the initial report of suspected abuse or neglect is made by a mandated reporter to the person in charge of the institution or department in which the mandated reporter works, as provided in current law, the person who receives the report shall notify the person who made the initial report when the suspected child abuse or neglect is reported to the local department or state hotline and of the name of the individual receiving the report and shall forward any communications or information about action taken regarding the report to the person who made the initial report.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; time limit.

12104326D

H.B. 970

Patron: Bell, Robert B.

Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; public and private college employees. Adds any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education to the list of individuals required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; public and private college employees.

12102964D

H.B. 1237

Patron: Scott, E.T.

Mandatory reporting of child abuse; penalty. Adds individuals associated with or employed by any public organization responsible for the care, custody, or control of children to the list of individuals required to report suspected child abuse or neglect; reduces the time limit for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect by mandated reporters from 72 hours to 24 hours and increases the penalty for a second or subsequent failure to report from not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 to a fine of not less than $1,000; provides that, in cases evidencing acts of rape, sodomy, or object sexual penetration, a person who knowingly and intentionally fails to make the required report shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; and provides that no mandatory reporter shall be required to make a report if the person has actual knowledge that the same matter has already been reported to the local department or the Department's toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspected child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporting; penalties.

12104891D