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Disclosure of Confidential Child Abuse and Neglect Records : Summary of State Laws
Source: Child Welfare Information Gateway (HHS)
This brief introduction summarizes how States address this topic in statute. To access the statutes for a specific State or territory, visit the State Statutes Search.
Records of child abuse and neglect reports are maintained by State child protection or social services agencies to aid in the investigation, treatment, and prevention of child abuse cases and to maintain statistical information for staffing and funding purposes. In many States, these records and the results of investigations are maintained in databases, which often are called central registries.1 The type of information contained in registries and department records varies from State to State, as does accessibility to the information.
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