Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting

Summary

The bill requires health practitioners, police, educators, and human‑service workers to file abuse or neglect reports with Maryland’s Department of Human Services instead of local agencies or police. The department must run a centralized intake, check each report for validity and then send it to the appropriate local office for investigation. The change is meant to make reporting more consistent and improve coordination across the state.

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