HB4600 S JUD AMT #1 3-9

Smith  7883

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4600— A BILL to repeal §61-8D-5a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §61-8F-1, §61-8F-2, § 61-8F-3, §61-8F-4, §61-8F-5, §61-8F-6, and §61-8F-7, all relating to maltreatment of disabled children by persons in a position of trust to them; defining terms;  creating misdemeanor and felony offenses and penalties non-physical and physical acts against disabled children; creating criminal  penalty for  persons in a position of trust in relation to a disabled child failing to report abuse as a mandatory reporter; creating criminal offenses  for obstructing or discriminating against  a mandatory reporter of abuse; directing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources and the West Virginia Department of Education to create a mandatory program for people working with disabled children and to study the viability and implementation of putting in  place a system that allows parents and guardians the ability to view their children remotely; directing educational programs specific to crimes against disabled children for prosecutors and law enforcement; establishing dates for compliance; requiring the state department of education to establish a database of persons under active investigation for child abuse required to be  reported to  by county boards of education; and establishing effective dates.

Adopted

Rejected