SB 5173 - DIGEST

States that a person who: (1) Obstructs the duty of a mandatory reporter to make a report is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and

(2) Is a mandatory reporter and fails to make, or fails to cause to be made, the report, due to negligence, may be issued a class 1 civil infraction.

Requires state contracts with youth-serving organizations to include a requirement that the organizations provide a signed acknowledgment of their compliance with the mandatory reporter posting law.