Proposed S.B. No. 258
Session Year 2025

AN ACT REQUIRING PROVIDERS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND COUNSELING TO BE MANDATORY REPORTERS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

To protect children by expanding the types of health care providers that are mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.

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