SB 5922 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Declares an intent to ensure the integrity of medical and other health care records used by the state to evaluate the risk of harm to children in their care.

Provides that the training of child protective workers shall include but is not limited to the worker's legal duties to protect the constitutional and statutory rights of a child and the child's family member throughout the child and family member's period of involvement with the department beginning with the child abuse report and ending with the department's closure of the case. The curriculum used for the training shall specifically include instruction on the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and parents' legal rights.