(a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall implement a coordinated multidisciplinary team approach to intervention in reports involving severe maltreatment and all reports requested by a prosecuting attorney pertaining to a law enforcement or prosecuting attorney's investigation by initiating formal cooperative agreements with:
(1) Law enforcement agencies;
(2) Prosecuting attorneys; and
(3) Other appropriate agencies and individuals.
(b) The Director of the Department of Human Services may enter into cooperative agreements with other states to create a national child maltreatment registration system.
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