PRINTER'S NO. 2154
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1767
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, HOHENSTEIN, KINSEY, MADDEN, SANCHEZ,
RABB, HILL-EVANS, KINKEAD, SHUSTERMAN, ROZZI, N. NELSON,
CERRATO AND GREEN, OCTOBER 17, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, OCTOBER 17, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in State institutions in
the Department of Public Welfare, providing for reporting
allegations of abuse; in departmental powers and duties as to
supervision, further providing for definitions; and, in
departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further
providing for definitions, for fees and for right to enter
and inspect and providing for inspection of out-of-home
placements for youth adjudicated delinquent.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 318. Reporting Allegations of Abuse.--(a) The
department shall, in a timely and specific manner, report to all
of the following entities an allegation of child abuse involving
a youth in a State institution, suspected or founded reports of
child abuse involving a youth in a State institution, licensing
actions taken against a department program or facility and an
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