REFERENCE TITLE: DCS; investigation; schools; children; disabilities

 

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

HB 2310

 

Introduced by

Representatives Jermaine: Blackman, Blackwater-Nygren, Bolding, Butler, Dalessandro, DeGrazia, Epstein, Longdon, Pawlik, Powers Hannley, Tsosie, Senator Bowie

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 8, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 8-820; relating to the department of child safety.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


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

Section 1. Title 8, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 8-820, to read:

START_STATUTE8-820. Investigation; schools; children with disabilities; definitions

A. A child safety worker or a child safety investigator may enter a school that teaches a child with a disability to investigate a report of abuse of such a child at the school.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Child" means either of the following:

(a) An individual who is under eighteen years of age.

(b) An individual who is at least eighteen years of age and under twenty-three years of age and who is enrolled in high school.

2. "child with a disability" means a child who is any of the following:

(a) Identified as having a disability under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112; 87 Stat 355; 29 United States Code section 794).

(b) Identified by a school district or by an independent third party pursuant to section 15-2403, subsection I as a child with a disability as defined in section 15-731 or 15-761.

(c) A child with a disability who is eligible to receive services from a school district under section 15-763.

(d) A child with a disability as defined in 42 United States code section 12102. END_STATUTE