Review of state laws for reporting or notification requirements for prenatal substance exposure of newborns to child protective or welfare services
Kodasha Thomas, Dawn Pepin, Charlan D Kroelinger, Richard W Puddy, Shanna Cox · 2026
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Kodasha Thomas and co-authors review state laws on newborn drug exposure in 2026. Some states require that exposure of a newborn to substances before birth be reported to child welfare services. Rules vary widely in what they demand. The team read the laws of all fifty states and the capital district at the close of 2020.
Two thirds of states had such reporting language on the books. The review checks whether laws name safe care plans for the family. It also notes which providers must report and whether penalties apply for silence. The map shows how uneven the legal ground is for hospitals and families.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kodasha Thomas, Dawn Pepin, Charlan D Kroelinger, Richard W Puddy, Shanna Cox |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |