HB 1123

  • Indiana House Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • Passed House Jan 23, 2024
  • Passed Senate Feb 26, 2024
  • Signed by Governor Mar 11, 2024

Child advocacy centers.

Abstract

Provides that the department of child services may use a child advocacy center to coordinate a multidisciplinary team for responding to reports involving child abuse or neglect. Requires the child advocacy center to: (1) coordinate a multidisciplinary team that consists of specified professionals; (2) ensure that the multidisciplinary team members have specified training; (3) provide a dedicated child-focused setting designed to provide a safe, comfortable, and neutral place for a forensic interview and other child advocacy center services; (4) use written protocols; (5) use a case tracking system to provide information on essential demographic and case information; and (6) verify that multidisciplinary team members responsible for providing medical evaluations and mental health services have specified training. Provides civil immunity for a child advocacy center's employees, volunteers, and board members under certain circumstances. Allows otherwise confidential information regarding an investigation of child abuse or neglect to be made available to a child advocacy center when the child advocacy center has before it an investigation of child abuse or neglect in which it is facilitating a forensic interview or facilitating a case discussion or case review.

Bill Sponsors (9)

Votes


Actions


Mar 11, 2024

Office of the Governor

Signed by the Governor

House

Public Law 54

Mar 08, 2024

Senate

Signed by the President of the Senate

Mar 05, 2024

Senate

Signed by the President Pro Tempore

Mar 04, 2024

House

Signed by the Speaker

Feb 28, 2024

House

Motion to concur filed

House

House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 242: yeas 87, nays 0

Feb 27, 2024

Senate

Returned to the House with amendments

Feb 26, 2024

Senate

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 49, nays 0

Senate

Senator Crider added as cosponsor

Senate

Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

Feb 22, 2024

Senate

Second reading: ordered engrossed

Feb 20, 2024

Senate

Senator Walker G added as second sponsor

Senate

Senator Crane added as cosponsor

Feb 19, 2024

Senate

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

Feb 05, 2024

Senate

First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services

  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Family and Children Services

Jan 24, 2024

House

Referred to the Senate

Jan 23, 2024

House

Representatives Olthoff, Goss-Reaves, Jackson added as coauthors

House

Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer

House

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: yeas 96, nays 0

Jan 22, 2024

House

Second reading: ordered engrossed

Jan 18, 2024

House

Committee report: do pass, adopted

Jan 08, 2024

House

Authored by Representative DeVon

House

First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs

  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Family, Children and Human Affairs

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Enrolled House Bill (H) PDF
House Bill (H) PDF
House Bill (S) PDF
Introduced House Bill (H) PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Note: HB1123.04.ENRS.FN001 PDF

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