HB 2509 states that obstructing the duty of a mandatory reporter to make such report shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Further the bill states that persons required to make reports of suspected child abuse or neglect who fails to make or cause to be made such a report, due to negligence, shall be guilty of an infraction which shall be served by a notice of infraction in accordance with infraction rules included in law by law enforcement officers or prosecuting attorneys with a monetary penalty of $250.
Additionally, the bill requires that youth serving organizations with contracts with the state shall provide a signed acknowledgment of compliance with the mandatory reporter posting law identified in the bill.