PRINTER'S NO. 777
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
820
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY GIRAL, MADDEN, PROBST, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
NEILSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND FLICK, APRIL 3, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 3, 2023
AN ACT
Requiring child-care centers to install video camera
surveillance systems; and conferring powers and duties on the
Department of Human Services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Video Camera
Surveillance in Child-Care Centers Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Child care." Care in lieu of parental care given for part
of a 24-hour day to a child under 16 years of age away from the
child's home. The term does not include care in lieu of parental
care given to a child under 16 years of age in a place of
worship during religious services.
"Child-care center." Any premises in which child care is
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provided simultaneously for seven or more children who are not
relatives of the provider, regardless of which article of the
act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human
Services Code, applies to it.
"Department." The Department of Human Services of the
Commonwealth.
Section 3. Video camera surveillance systems.
(a) Duty to install and maintain.--A child-care center shall
install and maintain video camera surveillance systems that meet
or exceed the specifications established by regulation of the
department.
(b) Regulations.--The department shall promulgate
regulations that provide specifications for video camera
surveillance systems in child-care centers and standards for the
use of the systems.
(c) Inspections.--The department may conduct inspections of
child-care centers to investigate compliance with this act.
Section 4. Applicability.
This act shall apply to child-care centers that commence
operations after the effective date of this section.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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