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Children's Services, Dept. of
ON APRIL 2, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2262, AS AMENDED.
What This Bill Does
- ON APRIL 2, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2262, AS AMENDED.
- AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, require the department of children's services ("department") to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that invol ve a caregiver.
- A "caregiver" means a person or persons or entity or entities responsible for providing for the supervision, protection, and basic needs of the child; or a relative or other person living, visiting, or working in the child's home who supe rv ises or otherwise provides care or assistance for the child, such as a babysitter, or who is an employee or volunteer with the responsibility for a child at an educational, recreational, medical, religious, therapeutic, or other setting where children are present.
- However, a "caregiver" may also include a person who has allegedly used the child for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation of a minor or trafficking a minor for a commercial sex act, including, but not limited to, as a trafficker.
Limits and Unknowns
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