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Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 3 through 13 on page 1 and lines 1 through 6 on page 2, and inserting:
“432B.430 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NRS 432B.457, any proceeding held pursuant to NRS 432B.410 to 432B.590, inclusive, must be closed to the general public unless the judge or master, upon his own motion or upon the motion of another person, determines that all or part of the proceeding must be open to the general public because opening the proceeding in such a manner is in the best interests of the child who is the subject of the proceeding. In determining whether opening all or part of the proceeding is in the best interests of the child who is the subject of the proceeding, the judge or master shall consider and give due weight to the desires of that child.
2. Unless the judge or master determines pursuant to subsection 1 that all or part of a proceeding must be open to the general public and except as otherwise provided in NRS 432B.457, the general”.
Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 10 through 30 and inserting:
“3. If the judge or master determines pursuant to subsection 1 that all or part of a proceeding must be open to the general public, the judge or master must make specific findings of fact to support such a determination.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to the protection of children; providing that proceedings concerning the abuse or neglect of children are presumptively closed to the public; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
“SUMMARY—Provides that proceedings concerning abuse or neglect of children are presumptively closed to public. (BDR 38‑689)”.