Sentences with phrase «abuse reporting statutes»

Second, the mandatory child abuse reporting statutes also fail the Wisconsin v. Yoder tests because they affect religious practice.

Not exact matches

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

Second, the statute requires anyone with «cause to believe» that neglect or abuse has occurred or may occur to make a report.

For example, the statute in North Carolina requires «any person or institution» to report child abuse to the Department of Social Services if they have «cause to suspect» child abuse.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

The bill would make reporting of child sex abuse easier by extending the statute of limitations and, most controversially, create a temporary, one - time «look - back» window for victims to bring claims.

The senator, the former Erie County Sheriff, noted he co-sponsored a bill to expand the criminal statute of limitations in abuse cases sponsored and in January introduced a bill to close a loophole that does not require private school teachers and administrators — unlike their public school counterparts — to report allegations of abuse.

These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection.

The most important thing is to act promptly — Florida has a statute of limitations on reporting incidents of nursing home abuse requiring reports to be made within two years of its occurrence.

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For instance, current statute gives the Florida Department of Children and Families authority to initiate investigation of abuse, neglect or exploitation reports.

Target Population: Families with an accepted child maltreatment report that does not allege sexual abuse or substantial child maltreatment (as defined by MN statute 626.556)