HB3 Summary

• Expands mandatory child abuse and neglect reporting requirements to apply to all persons, not just specified professionals like hospitals, physicians, teachers, and law enforcement officials.

• Requires all individuals holding a professional license or certification who provide services to children to complete annual training on child abuse and neglect mandatory reporting requirements.

• Makes it a Class C misdemeanor to knowingly and intentionally make a false report of child abuse or neglect, or to encourage or coerce another person to make a false report.

• Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for any employer, public or private, to discharge, suspend, discipline, or penalize an employee solely for making a report of child abuse or neglect.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.