REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; missing children

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

HB 2439

Introduced by

Representative Griffin

AN ACT

amending section 8-810, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the department of child safety.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 8-810, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE8-810. Missing children; notification; entry into databases

A.  If the department receives a report made pursuant to section 13‑3620 or receives information during the course of providing services that indicates a child is at risk of serious harm and the child's location is unknown, the department shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency and provide the information required to make the record entry into the Arizona crime information center and the national crime information center missing person databases.  This includes information about the child and child's parent, guardian,  or custodian or a person of interest.

B.  The appropriate law enforcement agency shall immediately enter the information provided by the department pursuant to subsection A of this section into the Arizona crime information center and the national crime information center missing person databases. END_STATUTE