f9a60d9c_bout_an_Athlete_Welfare_Policy__BILL_SUMMARY
[STATE] California [BILL] CA SB 1264, Chap. 518 [DISPOSITION] Enacted [BILL SUMMARY] 
Includes in the list of individuals who are mandated reporters, under the Child Abuse Neglect and Reporting Act, any athletic coach, including an assistant coach or a graduate assistant involved in coaching at a public or private postsecondary institution. Increases the penalty for failure to report an incident to up to 12 months in a county jail, a fine of $5,000, or both. The bill would increase the penalty for a supervisor or administrator who impedes or inhibits an individual's reporting duties to not more than 12 months in a county jail, a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. The bill would also require that any mandated reporter convicted of willfully failing to report abuse or neglect, or any person who impedes or inhibits a report of abuse or neglect, in violation of reporting requirements, where that abuse or neglect results in death or great bodily injury, be guilty of a felony, punishable by a minimum of one year and a maximum of 5 years in state prison, by a fine of not more than $25,000, or by both.
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