f9a60d9c_bout_an_Athlete_Welfare_Policy__BILL_SUMMARY
[STATE] West Virginia [BILL] WV SB 161, Chapter 27 [DISPOSITION] Enacted [BILL SUMMARY] 
Adds youth camp administrator or counselor, employee, coach or volunteer of an entity that provides organized activities for children, or commercial film or photographic print processor to the list of persons mandated to report abuse and neglect of children. Adds any person over the age of eighteen who has actual knowledge of or observes any sexual abuse or sexual assault of a child to the list of mandated reporters who shall immediately, and not more than forty-eight hours after obtaining actual knowledge of or observing the sexual abuse or sexual assault, report the circumstances or cause a report to be made to the State Police or other law-enforcement agency. Creates an educational and training for persons required to report suspected abuse or neglect and for the general public to include indicators of child abuse and neglect, tactics used by sexual abusers, how and when to make a report, and protective factors that prevent abuse and neglect in order to promote adult responsibility for protecting children.
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