HB 1820 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Provides that a professional employed by a licensed overnight youth shelter or an organization, whose stated mission is to provide services to homeless or runaway youth and their families, who, without legal authorization, provides shelter to a minor and knows at the time of providing the shelter that the minor is away from the parent's home without the permission of the parent, or other lawfully prescribed residence, shall report the location of the child to the parent, the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the person lives, or the department within seventy-two hours after the program supervisor has knowledge that the minor is away from a lawfully prescribed residence or home without parental permission. The report may be made by telephone or any other reasonable means.