HB 2270 - This act allows child abuse medical resource centers and providers receiving training from the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Child Abuse Resource Education (SAFE CARE) network to collaborate directly or through the use of technology to promote improved services to children who are suspected victims of abuse that will need to have a forensic medical evaluation by providing specialized training for such evaluations in a hospital, child advocacy center, or by a private health care professional. Such evaluations may be conducted without the need for a collaborative agreement between the resource center and a SAFE CARE provider. The SAFE CARE network is required to develop recommendations concerning medically based screening processes and forensic evidence collection for children who may be in need of an emergency examination following an alleged sexual assault. The recommendations shall be provided to the SAFE CARE providers, child advocacy centers, hospitals and licensed practitioners that provide emergency examinations for such children.
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