As a result of Senate Bill 144 of the 127th General Assembly, section 5101.135 of the Ohio Revised Code was created requiring PCSAs to track Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) cases in the statewide automated child welfare information system (SACWIS). The following procedures shall be utilized to record any intake, disposition, and serious harm that is alleged to have occurred or resulted from SBS.

1)The PCSA shall categorize reports alleging Shaken Baby Syndrome as a Child Abuse/Neglect report, subcategory Physical Abuse - Shaken Baby Syndrome in SACWIS. A medical diagnosis is not required to record, categorize, and screen in a Physical Abuse - Shaken Baby Syndrome report.

2)A medical diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome is required for a PCSA to enter a disposition of substantiated for a child victim of a Physical Abuse - Shaken Baby report.

3)The PCSA shall select Shaken Baby Syndrome as the harm description occurring to the child victim any time a medical diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome is received within SACWIS.

4)The PCSA shall select Shaken Baby Syndrome as the harm description occurring to the child victim any time a medical diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome is received within SACWIS for the Physical Abuse report category.

For questions regarding this Procedure Letter, please contact the Office for Children and Families' Help Desk at HELP-DESK-OCF@odjfs.state.oh.us.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The following chart depicts what materials should be inserted in the FCASM.