Bill Text: AZ HB2343 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Schools; child abuse hotline

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-29 - Senate Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass Amended [HB2343 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2018-HB2343-Introduced.html

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: schools; child abuse hotline

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

HB 2343

 

Introduced by

Representatives John: Bowers, Clodfelter, Coleman, Nutt

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-118; relating to student safety.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-118, to read:

START_STATUTE15-118.  Child abuse hotline; posting

Each school that is operated by a school district and each charter school shall post in a clearly visible location in a public area of the school that is readily accessible to students a sign that is at least eleven inches by seventeen inches, that is placed at students' eye level and that contains all of the following in English and in Spanish and in large print:

1.  the telephone number in boldfaced type of the centralized intake hotline concerning suspected abuse and neglect of children that is established pursuant to section 8‑455.

2.  Instructions to call 911 for emergencies.

3.  Directions for accessing the website of the department of child services for more information on reporting child abuse, child neglect and the exploitation of children. END_STATUTE

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