HB 1414

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1. Line 28, substitute, after after treatment

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, including any person in charge of the hospital, institution, or facility who has been informed by any person previously enumerated of a reason to suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child

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2. Line 30, substitute, after children

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the remainder of the line and through neglected child on line 32

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3. After line 107, substitute

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All of lines 108 through 115

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E. Where such reportable offense is alleged to have occurred at a private or state-operated hospital, institution, or facility to which children have been committed or where children have been placed for care and treatment, and a person is required to file a report pursuant to this section and fails to do so as soon as possible, but not longer than 24 hours after having reason to suspect a reportable offense of child abuse or neglect, such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of the subsection is a Class 6 felony.