In order to comply with California State Assembly Bill 1775 (AB 1775), which went into effect on January 1, 2015, the UC Office of the President revised the UC Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) Policy, effective March 17, 2015, to reflect the new legislation. State Assembly Bill 1775 updated the definition of “sexual exploitation” as it applies to the CANRA, specifically section 11165.1 of the Act. The definition of sexual exploitation now includes “a person who knowingly downloads, streams, or accesses through any electronic or digital media, a film, photograph, videotape, video recording, negative, or slide in which a child is engaged in an act of obscene sexual conduct.”
As a manager or supervisor, you are responsible for identifying Mandated Reporters within the employees that you supervise. While many Mandated Reporters are identified at the time of hire, activities or duties may change during the course of employment, and the campus relies on you to identify these individuals.
The UC Santa Cruz CANRA website and forms have been updated to reflect the UC policy change. To assist you in understanding and complying with CANRA and how to identify Mandated Reporters, you are advised to review campus and system wide information:
UC CANRA Policy and Frequently Asked Questions at http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000603/CANRA
UCSC staff employees at http://shr.ucsc.edu/procedures/canra-child-abuse-and-neglect-reporting-act/index.html
UCSC academic employees at http://apo.ucsc.edu/policy/canra/index.html
UCSC student employees at http://careers.ucsc.edu/staff/policy.html#canra
The campus has also prepared a list of UCSC Predefined Mandated Reporters by payroll titles and groups of employees and a UCSC CANRA Decision Tree.
In addition, a voluntary CANRA online training is available through the UCSC Learning Center at http://learningcenter.ucsc.edu/—log in and search for “CANRA.” Mandated Reporters and other interested parties are encouraged to complete this training.
Please note that this email is not a notification that you are a Mandated Reporter. However, it is possible that you may receive notification designating you as a Mandated Reporter at a later date.
If you have any questions or believe that there are Mandated Reporters under your supervision, please contact one of the following:
Staff Employees: Staff Human Resources Compensation at shr-comp-group@ucsc.edu
Academic Employees: Divisional Academic Personnel Coordinator or the Academic Personnel Office at apo@ucsc.edu
Student Employees: Chris Arends at 831-459-4024 or carends@ucsc.edu
