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AZ SB1422
Bill
Status
1/29/2020
Primary Sponsor
David Farnsworth
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AI Summary
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Requires the Arizona Department of Child Safety to maintain records about missing children and create a new "missing children" database on its website, located under a unified "report child abuse/missing children" tab with the same format as the existing Children's Heart Gallery.
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Mandates child safety workers obtain photographs of children within 4 days of removal and every 9 months thereafter, with the date clearly visible on each photo.
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Establishes that everyone is a mandated reporter when a child goes missing, requiring reports to the department's centralized intake hotline within 36 hours; the department must then report to law enforcement within 36 hours.
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Requires records on missing children be maintained until the child reaches 21 years of age (or would have reached that age if deceased), then transferred to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
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Imposes immediate dismissal and 10-year employment prohibition for state employees or contractors found non-compliant with these requirements; supervisors with two dismissed workers face the same penalties.
Legislative Description
Missing children; reporting; pictures; records
Records
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/30/2020