Idaho Bills
4 bills · 2020 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise a policy statement.
55 – 14
Amends existing law to revise the definition of “neglected.”
This legislation amends Section 16-1602 by adding language to provide a clearer definition of "Neglected" within the child protection statutes.
Amends existing law to require training on the constitional rights of persons involved in child protection investigations.
Child Protection Service(CPS) employees of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare are already required to be trained in the legal and constitutional rights of those they are investigating. This legislation adds a subsection that identifies which rights, in particular, the legislature would like the CPS employees to be trained in.
54 – 15
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding reporting of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
This legislation removes the term "other person", "resident on a hospital staff", and "intern" from the list of individuals required to perform mandatory reporting while adding "other health care worker", "principal or other school personnel", "professional child care worker who is at least eighteen years of age", "counselor", "therapist", "other mental health professional", "substance abuse counselor", "law enforcement officer", or "probation or parole officer". This legislation also removed verbiage that would have only given immunity to mandatory reporters, so any person reporting in good faith has immunity.
25 – 42