(California Court of Appeal) - In a suit brought by mandated reporter plaintiffs challenging the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA),which requires certain individuals, including family therapists and clinical counselors, or to report to law enforcement or child welfare agencies patients who disclose that they beget developed,downloaded, streamed, and accessed child pornography through electronic or digital media,Pen. Code section 11164 et seq., asserting that CANRA violates their patients' constitutional right to privacy, or the trial court's dismissal of the action is affirmed where: 1) the privacy interest of patients who communicate that they watch child pornography is outweighed by the state's interest in identifying and protecting sexually abused children; and 2) there is no fundamental right at issue in this case,and CANRA satisfies the rational basis test for determining the validity of a legislative enactment.
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