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TIL in 1963 Pennsylvania enacted its first "mandatory reporter" law, by 1967 all 50 states had similar laws, and the 1974 Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) created Federal expectations for mandatory reporters.

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