Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 12-8-509 - Additional reporting required(a) The state agency or entity responsible for administering the twenty-four-hour toll-free Child Abuse Hotline or investigating an incident of neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B) shall:(1) Develop and maintain statewide statistics of the incidents of neglect reported or investigated under § 12-18-103(14)(B);(2)(A) Annually report no later than October 1 to the following: (i) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth;(ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs;(iii) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and(iv) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.(B) The annual report under this section shall include all findings and statistics regarding incidents of neglect reported or investigated under § 12-18-103(14)(B), including, but not limited to, the following information: (i) The age of the mother;(ii) The type of illegal substance to which the newborn child was exposed prenatally;(iii) The estimated gestational age of the newborn child at the time of birth; and(iv) The newborn child's health problems; and(3)(A) Notify each mandatory reporter who makes a call to the Child Abuse Hotline if the mandatory reporter's call is not accepted or is screened out on a subsequent Child Abuse Hotline supervisor review.(B) The notification required under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, after a mandatory reporter makes a call to the Child Abuse Hotline that is not accepted or is screened out on a subsequent Child Abuse Hotline supervisor review.(b) If more than one (1) state agency or entity is responsible for administering the twenty-four-hour toll-free Child Abuse Hotline or investigating an incident of neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B), then the reporting under this section shall be a collaborative effort by all state agencies or entities involved.Acts 2005, No. 1176, § 4; 2007, No. 703, § 8; 2009, No. 758, § 21.