No. HB 1331
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Child Welfare; Requires certain organizations & agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by DCF relating to protection of children from abuse & neglect; provides requirements for such training; requires DCF to create process to approve qualified accrediting organizations; requiring such organization maintain certain records; requires DCF review status of accredited child safety organizations at certain intervals; requires DCF to collect & analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at child-serving organization; requires OIR to approve rating plans for employer's liability insurance which provide premium discount to certain child-serving organizations; provides requirements for such plans; requires OPPAGA to conduct study on affordability & availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations; requires office to provide certain report to Legislature by certain date.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDEvery child-serving organization must provide annual, DCF-approved training to all employees on recognizing and preventing child abuse and neglect.
The Department of Children and Families must create a process to approve qualified accrediting organizations that certify child-serving organizations as accredited child safety organizations.
The Office of Insurance Regulation must approve employer's liability insurance rating plans that provide premium discounts to accredited child safety organizations.
The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability must study the affordability and availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations.
AICreates a new legal duty requiring every child-serving organization to provide annual, DCF-approved training to all employees on recognizing, preventing, and reporting child abuse and neglect.
AIRequires DCF to approve qualified accrediting organizations, review their status biannually, and review accredited child safety organizations at least every three years, with authority to revoke approval for good cause.
AIBroadens the scope of institutional child abuse to include employees or volunteers at any child-serving organization, not just schools, day care centers, and residential homes.
AIRequires the Office of Insurance Regulation to approve employer's liability insurance rating plans that provide premium reductions to child-serving organizations accredited as child safety organizations.
AIDirects the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to study the affordability and availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations and report to the Legislature by July 1, 2027.