HB 1123 IN

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Provides that the department of child services may use a child advocacy center to coordinate a multidisciplinary team for responding to reports involving child abuse or neglect. Requires the child advocacy center to: (1) coordinate a multidisciplinary team that consists of specified professionals; (2) ensure that the multidisciplinary team members have specified training; (3) provide a dedicated child-focused setting designed to provide a safe, comfortable, and neutral place for a forensic interview and other child advocacy center services; (4) use written protocols; (5) use a case tracking system to provide information on essential demographic and case information; and (6) verify that multidisciplinary team members responsible for providing medical evaluations and mental health services have specified training. Provides civil immunity for a child advocacy center's employees, volunteers, and board members under certain circumstances. Allows otherwise confidential information regarding an investigation of child abuse or neglect to be made available to a child advocacy center when the child advocacy center has before it an investigation of child abuse or neglect in which it is facilitating a forensic interview or facilitating a case discussion or case review.

• Dale DeVon Republican · author
• Mark Messmer · sponsor
• Greg Walker Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 8, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs · lower
2. Jan 8, 2024 Authored by Representative DeVon · lower
3. Jan 18, 2024 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
4. Jan 22, 2024 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
5. Jan 23, 2024 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: yeas 96, nays 0 · lower
6. Jan 23, 2024 Representatives Olthoff, Goss-Reaves, Jackson added as coauthors · lower
7. Jan 24, 2024 Referred to the Senate · lower
8. Jan 23, 2024 Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer · lower
9. Feb 5, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services · upper
10. Feb 19, 2024 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
11. Feb 20, 2024 Senator Crane added as cosponsor · upper
12. Feb 20, 2024 Senator Walker G added as second sponsor · upper
13. Feb 22, 2024 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
14. Feb 26, 2024 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor · upper
15. Feb 26, 2024 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
16. Feb 26, 2024 Senator Crider added as cosponsor · upper
17. Feb 27, 2024 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
18. Feb 28, 2024 Motion to concur filed · lower
19. Feb 28, 2024 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 242: yeas 87, nays 0 · lower
20. Mar 4, 2024 Signed by the Speaker · lower
21. Mar 5, 2024 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
22. Mar 11, 2024 Public Law 54 · lower
23. Mar 11, 2024 Signed by the Governor · executive
24. Mar 8, 2024 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper