Summary


The amendments will require: (1) A child protective investigator to notify the regional child fatality prevention specialist whenever it appears that a child died as a result of abuse, neglect or abandonment, or when a child dies for reasons unrelated to abuse, neglect or abandonment during the course of an active child protective investigation; (2) The regional child fatality prevention specialist to conduct a case review of such deaths; and (3) The results of any completed drug screens to be considered in the investigation of the child death.