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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY D. O'BRIEN, BISHOP, MURT, FABRIZIO, LONGIETTI, VULAKOVICH, READSHAW AND TALLMAN, DECEMBER 7, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, DECEMBER 7, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for persons required |
3 | to report suspected child abuse. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 6311(c) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 6311. Persons required to report suspected child abuse. |
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10 | (c) Staff members of institutions, etc.--[Whenever] |
11 | (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), whenever a |
12 | person is required to report under subsection [(b)] (a) in |
13 | the capacity as a member of the staff of a medical or other |
14 | public or private institution, school, facility or agency, |
15 | that person shall immediately notify the person in charge of |
16 | the institution, school, facility or agency or the designated |
17 | agent of the person in charge. Upon notification, the person |
18 | in charge or the designated agent, if any, shall assume the |
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1 | responsibility and have the legal obligation to report or |
2 | cause a report to be made in accordance with section 6313. |
3 | (2) Whenever a person is required to report under |
4 | subsection (a) in the capacity as a member of the staff of a |
5 | medical or other public or private institution, school, |
6 | facility or agency, that person shall have the responsibility |
7 | and have the legal obligation to report or cause a report to |
8 | be made in accordance with section 6313 if that person has |
9 | personally witnessed an act or acts the person reasonably |
10 | believes constitutes suspected child abuse. |
11 | (3) This chapter does not require more than one report |
12 | from any such institution, school, facility or agency. |
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14 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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