Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations

Added a mandate for the department to request medical records from certain licensed healthcare professionals.

Updated language to specify that 'medical examinations' must be paid for by parents or covered by insurance, replacing broader references to 'evaluations'.

Revised the requirement for Child Protection Teams to consult with medical professionals to specify that the professional must have 'certain experience' rather than just 'pediatric experience'.

Changed the condition for delaying law enforcement notification from a preexisting 'diagnosis' to a preexisting 'medical diagnosis'.

Added a new requirement for medical evaluations of abused, abandoned, or neglected children under certain circumstances.

Added a requirement to amend section 456.057 to ensure certain records are provided to the department within a specified timeframe.

Changed the terminology from 'examinations' to 'evaluations or examinations' to broaden the scope of required medical assessments.

Updated bill identifiers from 'CS/HB 47' to 'CS/CS/HB 47' and adjusted page counts to reflect the new content.

Changed the rule for forwarding criminal allegations to law enforcement from 'immediately' to 'upon completion of the investigation,' unless the parent claims a preexisting diagnosis or requests a medical examination.

Expanded the exception for delaying law enforcement notification to include any preexisting diagnosis specified in the statute, removing the previous limitation to a specific list of diagnoses.

Added a new requirement for parents to report a child's preexisting diagnosis and provide supporting medical records to the department within 15 days.

Updated the bill header from 'H 47 Filed' to 'CS/HB 47' and adjusted the page count from 11 to 10.