Legislators = politicians = idiots.
But let me give you what's admittedly an anecdotal example: my cousin. She was sexually abused by my aunt's then-boyfriend. This was discovered by her (and my then) pediatrician, a Mandatory Reporter. Who was, of course, horrified and did exactly what he was Mandated to do: he reported it, to what was then called Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services (DCYS). Who did...
...wait for it...
...exactly NOTHING.
.
Seriously, they did nothing. At all.
The only reason that creep is out of their lives is the uncles got wind of it, and did what uncles do, and he's gone.