Additional components
Sec. 3. (a) In addition to the components under section 2 of this
chapter, the system must have the capability to maintain a case
history file.
(b) Whenever a child abuse or neglect case is substantiated as
provided under IC 31-33-17-2, the system must have the capability
to transmit the information regarding the case to the department.
(c) Whenever a person enters a new child abuse or neglect report
into the system, the system must have the capability to automatically
search:
(1) within the county; and
(2) within the child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the
department under IC 31-33-17;
for reports that match the name of the perpetrator, victim, or person
who is legally responsible for the victim's welfare with the persons
named in the new report as described in this chapter.
(d) If the system identifies a previous, substantiated report, the
system must have the capability to transfer the report to the county
where the new report originated not later than twenty-four (24) hours
after receipt of the new report. If the previous, matching report is
located, a case history extract must be made available to the assigned
caseworker.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.164.
Last modified: May 24, 2006