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1997 SESSION

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SB 1048 Child protective services.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Child protective services. Provides that local departments of social services shall not be required to (i) tape record interviews with alleged child victims; (ii) administer substance abuse screenings when the local department suspects the alleged abuser and/or neglecter is abusing substances, and such behavior may be related to the matter being investigated; and (iii) afford the alleged abuser and/or neglecter a pre-dispositional consultatation prior to rendering a founded disposition concerning a complaint of child abuse and/or neglect.


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