2022 -- H 8277 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Amore, Biah, Speakman, Henries, Morales, | |
Date Introduced: May 20, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 40-11-6.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-11 entitled "Abused |
2 | and Neglected Children" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 40-11-6.1. Penalty for failure to report or perform required act. |
4 | (a) Any person, official, physician, except the persons identified in subsection (b) of this |
5 | section, or institution required by this chapter to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect |
6 | or to perform any other act who knowingly fails to do so or who knowingly prevents any person |
7 | acting reasonably from doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, |
8 | shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more |
9 | than one year or both. In addition, any person, official, physician, or institution who knowingly |
10 | fails to perform any act required by this chapter or who knowingly prevents another person from |
11 | performing a required act shall be civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by that failure. |
12 | (b) Any coach, teacher, or school administrator required by this chapter to report known or |
13 | suspected child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or battery involving a child, or who knowingly fails |
14 | to perform any other act required by law for the protection or safety of a child, or who knowingly |
15 | prevents any person acting reasonably from doing so, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon |
16 | conviction therefore, shall be subject to a fine not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more |
17 | than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN | |
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1 | This act would require that any coach, teacher, or school administrator required to report |
2 | known or suspected child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or battery involving a child or to perform |
3 | any other act who knowingly fails to do so would be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction |
4 | therefore, would be subject to a fine not less the five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more than ten |
5 | thousand dollars ($10,000), or to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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