SB736 Session 2025r1 At Senate Desk Upon Adjournment

Creates an exception to abuse of a child in care provisions when the suspected abuse was committed by the parent of the child in care.

Summary

<b>Digest: The Act excludes a child's parents from some laws about abuse of a child in care and requires DHS to tell some people that a DHS employee is not a lawyer. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act excludes a child's parents from some laws about abuse of a child in care and requires DHS to give a parent notice of rights before meetings in child abuse matters. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1).</i>] Creates an exception to abuse of a child in care provisions when the suspected abuse was committed by the parent of the child in care. [<i>Requires that the Department of Human Services provide parents and guardians with a notice of rights before interviews in child abuse investigations.</i>] <b>Requires the Department of Human Services to notify a child's parents or guardians that the department representative is not an attorney and cannot give the parent or guardian legal advice. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>