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A CENTURY OF SERVICE 56 | RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

Reporting Laws In the early 1960s, states across the country began adopting mandatory child abuse reporting laws. California enacted its first reporting law in 1963, requiring physicians to report evidence of physical abuse. This fiscal year, Children’s Services hotline received 64,387 reports of suspected abuse or neglect of a child.