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SB 0168 - Child Abuse; permitted to access child abuse records by department, or county, or other state or local agency; extend; Central Child Abuse Registry; permit access

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Butch Miller
Last Action: 7/1/2017 - Effective Date
Senate Committee: Health and Human Services
House Committee: Juvenile Justice
Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

SB 168 amends Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A. to allow a licensed adoption agency placing a child for adoption access to child abuse records by the department or a county or other state or local agency. The bill also extends the same access to local and state law enforcement agencies as well as any any federal, federally recognized tribal, state, or local governmental entity which is investigating or responding to a report of child abuse. 


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