Kentucky House Bill 149 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-11 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Pending: House Health and Family Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is dependent, neglected, or abused, causes an oral or written report of the dependency, neglect, or abuse to be made, is employed by a local law enforcement agency, the Department of Kentucky State Police, the cabinet or its designated representative, the Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney, then that person shall make the oral or written report to his or her employer and to one of the other entities authorized to receive the report.

AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse, neglect, or dependency.

Rep. Thomas Burch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-11	House	to Health and Family Services (H)
2019-01-10	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb149.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb149/orig_bill.pdf