Establishes a medical child abuse education program to train medical students, healthcare professionals, and child protective services caseworkers.
The bill, known as "Alyssa's Law," establishes a program to prevent medical child abuse through standardized training. It defines medical child abuse as the intentional misrepresentation of a child's health by a caregiver. The program will train medical students, healthcare professionals, and child protective services caseworkers to recognize and respond to cases of medical child abuse.
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