Social Services, Department of; family assessments, face-to-face interviews with victim children.

Department of Social Services; Child Protective Services; family assessments; face-to-face interviews with victim children. Directs the Department of Social Services to amend its regulations to require that face-to-face interviews with victim children younger than three years of age conducted as part of a family assessment occur within 24 hours of receiving the report that triggers such family assessment. Under current law, the requirement that such interview be conducted within 24 hours applies to children younger than two years of age.