Tennessee HB1360 amends child abuse laws to require mental health counseling for children before reunification with parents.
Tennessee HB1360 amends the state's child abuse laws to ensure that reunification with parents is not possible unless the parent has fulfilled their responsibilities in a permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. This applies to children removed from their parents due to abuse and placed in foster care. The bill also expands the definition of child abuse to include witnessing domestic abuse or the abuse of another child in the household. This act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
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