Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB463: Generally revise laws related to reporting of child abuse and neglect
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to the reporting of child abuse and neglect; revising the definition of and certification requirements for "public safety communications officer"; revising intake procedures for reports of child abuse and neglect; providing for reports of child abuse and neglect to be made to public safety communications officers; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 5-11-222, 7-31-201, 7-31-203, 41-3-201, 41-3-202, 413-205, 41-3-208, 41-3-211, and 41-3-212, mca; superseding the unfunded mandate laws…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; REVISING THE DEFINITION OF AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR "PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER"; REVISING INTAKE PROCEDURES FOR REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; PROVIDING FOR REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT TO BE MADE TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTIONS 5-11-222, 7-31-201, 7-31-203, 41-3-201, 41-3-202, 413-205, 41-3-208, 41-3-211, AND 41-3-212, MCA; SUPERSEDING THE UNFUNDED MANDATE LAWS; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES AND A TERMINATION DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 5-11-222, MCA, is amended to read: "5-11-222. Reports to legislature. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1)(b) and (5), a report to the legislature means a biennial report required by the legislature and filed in accordance with 5-11-210 on or before September 1 of each year preceding the convening of a regular session of the legislature. (b) If otherwise specified in law, a report may be required more or less frequently than the biennial requirement in subsection (1)(a). (2) Reports to the legislature include: (a) annual reports on the unified investment program for public funds and public retirement systems and state compensation insurance fund assets audits from the board of investments in accordance with Article VIII, section 13, …