Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of ...

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The bill places the state mental health commissioner and a child‑advocacy expert on the Second Look Commission, updates severe child‑abuse statutes to include strangulation, and lets courts require custodians to provide proof of routine pediatric care. It also authorizes child‑services workers to investigate a child when that documentation suggests abuse or neglect. These changes aim to strengthen oversight and early detection of child maltreatment.

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