PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2497, 3373
PRINTER'S NO. 3481
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1962
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, HANBIDGE, MADDEN, KINSEY, KHAN, PROBST,
PIELLI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, KAZEEM, CERRATO,
KRAJEWSKI, MAYES, GREEN, OTTEN, WEBSTER, FLEMING AND MADSEN,
JANUARY 31, 2024
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JULY 2, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further
providing for assistance recipients to seek support, for
cooperation required and for enforcement of cooperation
requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4378(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 4378. Assistance recipients to seek support.
(a) Seeking support required.--[Prior] Except as provided
under subsection (a.1), prior to authorization, every applicant
for assistance whose circumstances include the reported absence
of a legally responsible relative from the household or the
presence of a putative father shall appear before the domestic
relations section or other applicable division of the court of
common pleas. Upon the request of a family court or domestic
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