Digest: The Act changes what "threatened harm" means when talking about hurting a child. It says that DHS can only look into some reports of child abuse. It also makes a rule for how certain reports of child abuse are resolved. It is an emergency law and starts right away. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.7).
Modifies the definition of "threatened harm" for purposes of determining whether a child has been abused.
Limits the investigative jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services to investigate certain reports of child abuse.
Creates a statutory substantiation standard for certain reports of alleged child abuse.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 419B.005, 419B.015, 419B.020, 339.389, 409.185, 419B.026, 419B.030