HIPAA or FERPA? A Primer on Sharing School Health Information in Indiana
This Primer provides an overview of the pertinent federal and state confidentiality laws when health care is provided on school sites and addresses a few frequently asked questions regarding sharing information.
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“Mandated reporters” are required by law to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Who is a mandated reporter? What is “reportable” abuse?
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Many laws and regulations impact the confidentiality of and access to medical information.
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In most cases, parents must consent to health care on behalf of their minor children. However, there are situations in which minors must or may consent for their own care and opportunities in which other adults may consent to care on the minors’ behalf.
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Curbing the High Rates of Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions Among Children and Youth in Foster Care
This brief analyzes conditions contributing to the over-prescription of psych meds in foster care systems, identify promising interventions, present case studies of state interventions, and offer policy strategies ranked by potential impact and ease of implementation.
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Improving California’s Multi-System Response to Commercially Sexually Exploited Children: Resources for Counties
Toolkit contains the Executive Summary, Memorandum Summarizing the Available Screening Tools to Identify CSEC, and more.
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Implicit Bias in the Child Welfare, Education and Mental Health Systems
Youth of color are overrepresented at every stage of the juvenile justice process. Much of the literature that discusses this overrepresentation focuses on racial disparities in the juvenile justice process itself.
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Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Call for Multi-System Collaboration in California
The National Center for Youth Law released a new report, "Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Call for Multi-System Collaboration in California."
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