PRINTER'S NO. 2230
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1547
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN, MILLARD, THOMAS AND WARD,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further
providing for employees having contact with children and
adoptive and foster parents.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6344(a)(5) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, amended July 1, 2015 (P.L.94, No.15), is
amended to read:
ยง 6344. Employees having contact with children; adoptive and
foster parents.
(a) Applicability.--Beginning December 31, 2014, this
section applies to the following individuals:
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(5) (i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii), an
individual 14 years of age or older who is applying for
or holding a paid position as an employee with a program,
activity or service, as a person responsible for the
child's welfare or having direct contact with children.
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(ii) If the program, activity or service is an
internship, externship, work study, co-op or similar
program, an adult applying for or holding a paid position
with an employer that participates in the internship,
externship, work study, co-op or similar program with a
school and whom the employer and the school identify as
the child's supervisor and the person responsible for the
child's welfare while the child participates in the
program with the employer. The adult identified under
this subparagraph as the person responsible for the
child's welfare [is]:
(A) Is required to be in the immediate vicinity
at regular intervals with the child during the
program.
(B) Is not required to submit information under
subsection (b) if the child participating in the
program is at least 17 years of age.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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