WI SB432

Adds agency employees whose duties include direct interaction with children or handling child welfare cases to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect

Requires county departments, the state department, or licensed child welfare agencies to refer all cases of suspected or threatened abuse (as defined in s. 48.02 (1) (b) to (f)) to sheriff or police within 12 hours, excluding weekends and holidays

Requires agencies to adopt written policies specifying which reports of suspected abuse (as defined in s. 48.02 (1) (a), (am), (g), or (gm)) or neglect will be routinely reported to local law enforcement

Clarifies that social workers, as defined in s. 457.01 (10), remain mandatory reporters under existing law