Emergency medical services personnel; required to report child abuse or neglect. (HB598)
Introduced By
Del. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) with support from 10 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Emergency medical services personnel; reporting child abuse; penalty. Adds emergency medical services personnel certified by the Board of Health to the list of those required to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Amends § 32.1-111.4, § 63.2-1509, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
- 01/10/2006 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062015440
- 01/10/2006 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/26/2006 Continued to 2007 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Comments
Honestly I'm surprised that this isn't a already law somewhere on the books already....?
I can't image any decent EMT that wouldn't report suspected child abuse, but I guess that would be assuming that there aren't any bad EMT's out there!