Creates penalty for failure to cooperate with child abuse investigations; upgrades penalties for failure to report child abuse.

This bill increases penalties for failing to report child abuse and for not cooperating with child abuse investigations. It upgrades the penalty for failing to report general child abuse from a minor offense to a fourth-degree crime, punishable by up to 18 months in jail or a $10,000 fine. For failing to report sexual abuse against a child, the penalty is raised to a third-degree crime, carrying a potential 3-5 year prison term and $15,000 fine. The bill also adds a new provision making it a fourth-degree crime to refuse cooperation with an investigation, with penalties matching the upgraded general reporting offense.