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AZ SB1676

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2020

Primary Sponsor

David Farnsworth

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the Department of Child Safety and courts from considering vaccination history, homeschooling status, homelessness, clutter in the home, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, broken bones in infants without corroborating physical evidence, or the parent's prior foster care history when determining abuse or neglect.

  • Requires a sworn and notarized affidavit prepared before child removal based on imminent threat and delivered to the parent or guardian within six hours, with affidavit submitted to court; failure to comply results in case dismissal.

  • Mandates that investigators and law enforcement announce whether searches are warrant-based, provide copies of search warrants before searching, and wear activated body cameras during investigations with accessible recordings available to the subject.

  • Establishes that refusal to consent to a warrantless search does not constitute probable cause for abuse or neglect, and prohibits payments resembling referral fees or secret clinical trial deals.

  • Transfers prosecutorial discretion exclusively to the grand jury and requires investigation of suppression of exculpatory evidence with financial motives as violations.

Legislative Description

Child abuse; neglect; considerations; procedures

Procedures

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/6/2020

Full Bill Text

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