PRINTER'S NO. 1278
No. 1047 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY HELFRICK, JULY 8, 1999
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JULY 8, 1999
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for institutional 3 sexual assault. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 3124.2 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes, added December 21, 1998 (P.L.1240, 8 No.157), is amended to read: 9 § 3124.2. Institutional sexual assault. 10 (a) General rule.--A person who is an employee or agent of 11 the Department of Corrections or a county correctional 12 authority, youth development center, State or county juvenile 13 detention facility or State mental health facility commits a 14 misdemeanor of the first degree if the person engages in sexual 15 intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse or indecent contact with 16 an inmate, patient or resident. 17 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "agent" 18 means a person who is assigned to work in a State or county
1 correctional or juvenile detention facility or a youth 2 development center or State mental health facility who is 3 employed by any State or county agency or any person employed by 4 an entity providing contract services to the [Department of 5 Corrections or county correctional authority] agency. 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. F28L18WMB/19990S1047B1278 - 2 -