Child abuse review teams would include state and local professionals

County child protection agencies would assemble teams of at least six people with child abuse expertise, including county and state staff, health care professionals, and police or prosecutors. Teams would review child abuse deaths or near fatalities in the county where abuse occurred and every county where the child lived during the preceding 16 months. Reviews would apply when an abuse report is classified as indicated or the agency has not decided its status within 30 days. The chairperson could include relevant professionals involved with the child and invite voluntary members based on their expertise or involvement with the family. The act would take effect 60 days after enactment. Teams would convene no later than 31 days after the state receives the oral report of suspected abuse.

County child protection agencies would notify the appropriate coroner or medical examiner and share reports and related information that could help investigate a child's death. This duty would cover child abuse reports involving a child's death. The duty to share related information would cover information that may help investigate the child's death. The act would take effect 60 days after enactment. Agencies would give telephone notice and immediately forward copies of reports involving a child's death.