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Any person who considers that his/her employment conditions or status have been affected for having met with his/her obligation to report pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have grounds to claim damages against the party who has caused the damages.\nTo such effect, any personnel transaction or change that adversely affects the status or conditions of employment of a person reporting abuse, such as dismissal; termination; involuntary transfer; reductions in pay, benefits, or privileges of employment; or negative evaluations at the same time or within six (6) months of reporting situations of abuse, institutional abuse, neglect, or institutional neglect, shall constitute prima facie evidence of retaliation on the job against the person who made the report.\nHistory —Dec. 16, 2011, No. 246, § 55, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2011.