Arkansas § 12-8-509 - Additional reporting required.

§ 12-8-509. Additional reporting required.

The state agency or entity responsible for administering the twenty-four-hour toll-free Child Abuse Hotline or investigating an incident of neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B) shall: Develop and maintain statewide statistics of the incidents of neglect reported or investigated under § 12-18-103(14)(B); Annually report no later than October 1 to the following: The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth; The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs; The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. The annual report under this section shall include all findings and statistics regarding incidents of neglect reported or investigated under § 12-18-103(14)(B), including, but not limited to, the following information: The age of the mother; The type of illegal substance to which the newborn child was exposed prenatally; The estimated gestational age of the newborn child at the time of birth; and The newborn child's health problems; and Notify each mandatory reporter who makes a call to the Child Abuse Hotline if the mandatory reporter's call is not accepted or is screened out on a subsequent Child Abuse Hotline supervisor review. The notification required under subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, after a mandatory reporter makes a call to the Child Abuse Hotline that is not accepted or is screened out on a subsequent Child Abuse Hotline supervisor review. If more than one (1) state agency or entity is responsible for administering the twenty-four-hour toll-free Child Abuse Hotline or investigating an incident of neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B), then the reporting under this section shall be a collaborative effort by all state agencies or entities involved.