Bill Text: AZ SB1080 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Child in distress alert; requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Senate read second time [SB1080 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-SB1080-Introduced.html
PREFILED JAN 08 2020
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REFERENCE TITLE: child in distress alert; requirements |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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SB 1080 |
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Introduced by Senator Farnsworth D
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AN ACT
amending title 41, chapter 12, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41‑1734; relating to the department of public safety.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 41, chapter 12, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1734, to read:
41-1734. Child in distress alert notification system; requirements; duties of law enforcement agency and department of child safety
A. The department of public safety shall establish the child in distress alert notification system as a quick response system that is designed to issue and coordinate alerts following the report of a missing child who is under nineteen years of age and who is in the custody of the department of child safety or this state's foster care system.
B. On the request of an authorized person at a law enforcement agency that is investigating a report of a missing child who is under nineteen years of age and who is in the custody of the department of child safety or this state's foster care system, the department of public safety shall request an activation of the emergency alert system and, within twenty‑four hours, issue a child in distress alert if all of the following conditions are met:
1. The missing child is under nineteen years of age and is in the custody of the department of child safety or this state's foster care system.
2. The law enforcement agency investigating the missing child report:
(a) Has used all available local resources.
(b) Has determined that the child has gone missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.
3. Information is available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing child.
4. The department of public safety has been designated to use the federally authorized emergency alert system for issuing child in distress alerts.
C. If the department of public safety issues a child in distress alert pursuant to this section:
1. The law enforcement agency that is investigating the missing child shall do all of the following:
(a) Collect the following information:
(i) A recent photo of the missing child.
(ii) The missing child's height, age and weight.
(iii) Whether there are any identifying marks on the missing child.
(iv) the location where the missing child was last seen.
(v) A description of the clothing that the child was wearing.
(b) Disseminate the information collected under subdivision (a) of this paragraph to:
(i) all other law enforcement agencies in this state.
(ii) All social media platforms under the law enforcement agency's control.
2. The department of child safety shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide the child in distress alert information to any other entity in this state that provides similar notifications.
(b) Disseminate all information about the missing child to all major media outlets in the state.
(c) Disseminate all information about the missing child on the department of child safety's social media platforms.
(d) Contact all state and federal agencies that provide monies to the department of child safety for the child and request that the agency stop providing monies to the department for that child. The department of child safety shall provide a notice of confirmation to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives that the provision of monies has ceased within thirty days after a request is made pursuant to this SUBDIVISION.
(e) Whether or not parental rights have been terminated, contact the missing child's biological family.
