MS HB1071

Requires the Department of Child Protection Services to notify the court in the county where the child resides (or the court that issued the initial removal order) after failing three times to remove a child for temporary placement in neglect cases.

Makes public employees who have reasonable cause to suspect child neglect or abuse but fail to report it subject to termination from employment with their agency or local government, including social workers, family protection workers, law enforcement officers, and school employees.

Changes departmental name references from "Department of Human Services" to "Department of Child Protection Services" throughout the child welfare statutes.

Effective date: July 1, 2018.