Safe Haven For Infants Act Changes
ABANDONED INFANTS-HOSPITALS
ABANDONED NEWBORN INFANTS
Relating to maintaining and reporting certain information regarding certain child abuse or neglect cases and the provision of mental health services for children in those cases.
Expanding legal surrender of an infant to include newborn safety devices, requiring a referral of an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment to provide training and payment for such examinations, enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights, applying the federal Indian child welfare act to certain actions under the revised Kansas code for care of children.
Relating to the provision of mental health services for certain children at risk of relinquishment.
Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)