Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF3410

E Removing references to domestic assault or violence from the definition of
medical neglect under the child abuse (maltreatment) reporting law and defining
a child considered to have been exposed to domestic violence under the law;
providing for the determination by local welfare agencies of protective action
for and services to children exposed to domestic violence, specifying certain
factors to be considered; requiring the commissioner of finance in consultation
with the commissioners of revenue and human services in preparing the 2002-2003
budget proposal to present proposals and funding options for services to
families eligible for services under the alternative response program for child
maltreatment or due to child exposure to domestic violence; requiring emergency
shelters to attempt to notify parents or legal guardians of runaways of the
location and status of the runaway within a certain number of hours of admission
to the shelter, compelling reasons exception relating to exposure to domestic
violence or abuse, neglect or abandonment (mk, ja)