HB 1126-S.E - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Establishes the Eve Uphold act.

Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Convene a child fatality review committee and determine the membership of the committee;

(2) Conduct a child fatality review if a child fatality occurs in an early learning program, a licensed child care center, or a licensed child care home;

(3) Consult with the office of the family and children's ombuds to determine if a review should be conducted; and

(4) Allow the parents or guardians whose child's death is being reviewed to testify before the committee.

Requires the department of social and health services and the department of early learning to allow the ombuds or ombuds's designee to communicate privately with a child who is part of a near fatality investigation by the department of early learning.