For management consultation are proposed technical revisions to Presidential Policy - Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect.
The proposed technical revisions to the Presidential Policy - Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect reflect changes made to comply with Assembly Bill 1963 (AB 1963), which goes into effect January 1, 2021. AB 1963 expands the definition of mandated reporters and imposes a training equirement for certain mandated reporters, as described below.
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA)
New categories of mandated reporters under CANRA (Cal. Penal Code §11165.7) now include:
- A human resource employee of a business subject to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) that employs minors. For purposes of the amendment, a “human resource employee” is defined as an employee who has been designated by the employer to accept any complaints of misconduct as required by FEHA. (Gov’t Code section 12940, et. seq.)
- An adult person whose duties require direct contact with and supervision of minors in the performance of the minors’ duties in the workplace of a business subject to FEHA. Nothing in the revised statute modifies or limits the person’s duty to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect when the person is acting in some other capacity that would otherwise make the person a mandated reporter.
In addition, a new training requirement under CANRA requires employers to provide these new categories of mandated reporters with training in the duties imposed, including training in child abuse and neglect identification and reporting.
Please note that this request is for management consultation only. Management consultation is a voluntary internal review and consultation process with academic administrators and other interested constituents, intended to solicit general comments about the proposal. Academic Senate leadership is included in this stage of consultation, but we do not expect that the draft policy will be disseminated broadly to divisional Senates or committees. The draft policy is available online here.
If you have comments for submission in response to the revised policy, please provide your written comments to Paula Johnson in Policy and Records Administration at pjjohnson@ucsd.edu no later than December 11, 2020.
