The conclusions are based on an analysis of data collected by the state in 1997 under a new reporting law enacted the year before.

Those who evaded the reporting law could be fined up to $100,000.

The report's conclusions were drawn from an analysis of data collected by the state in 1997 under a new reporting law enacted the year before.

New York exempts priests from its mandatory reporting law.

With mandatory reporting laws in place, it became a necessity for providers to report any incidents of disclosed sexual abuse.

This meant that there was an astounding increase in reports of 2348% in the over 45 years since the first reporting laws!

"But that takes resources and the mandatory reporting law has never been funded."

The reporting laws may make psychotherapy more burdensome to the therapist, but they do not necessarily chill the therapy.

There was little agreement on which areas surrounding colleges fell under the federal reporting law.

In the past, however, officials have used the reporting law to combat crime.