SB647 SFAT Trump 2-28

Smith  7883

Senator Trump moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 647—A Bill to amend and reenact §49-4-601b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to substantiation of abuse and neglect allegations; requiring that when an abuse and neglect allegation is substantiated and a child abuse petition could be filed and the department does not do so, records related to the allegation are sealed after one year, absent a new allegation within that year; excluding persons from having records sealed who have a substantiated case but no court case can be filed; requiring that substantiated cases where the court does not adjudicate abuse and neglect be deemed unsubstantiated; allowing a petition to seal a file after five years for persons found to be creating an abusing parent; exceptions; criteria;  directing the department to propose legislative rules to effectuate the statutory directive; and defining terms.

Adopted

Rejected