Youth sports organizations in Maryland will be able to access some non-criminal child welfare records starting next month, according to The Baltimore Sun.
The law, which takes effect Oct. 1, will not give orgs access to documented allegations or knowledge of open investigations. But it will make available any abuse or neglect findings that did not result in prosecution — a current blind spot in screening protocols.
A Baltimore-area youth soccer coach was arrested last month and accused of sexual misconduct involving two teenage boys. Charging documents indicate the coach was the subject of several child welfare referrals in other states, but the newspaper said it is not clear if any of those incidents would have met the threshold for the law.
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