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This bill revises the offense of child abuse homicide by modifying the definitions of what constitutes child abuse that can lead to this charge, specifically by removing a reference to "Child Torture" as a sole basis for the charge and instead focusing on recklessness, criminal negligence, or intentional, knowing, reckless, or criminally negligent acts under other specified child abuse statutes. The bill also clarifies that child abuse homicide is a first-degree felony if the child abuse is done recklessly under a specific subsection, and a second-degree felony if done with criminal negligence or under other circumstances not amounting to the first-degree felony type of child abuse homicide.

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