PRINTER'S NO. 1195

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 1022 Session of 2007

        INTRODUCED BY STURLA, CALTAGIRONE, BIANCUCCI, DENLINGER, CAUSER,
           CURRY, CUTLER, DALLY, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GOODMAN, HARHAI,
           HENNESSEY, KILLION, MANN, RAPP, RAYMOND, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH,
           SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, WALKO, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD,
           APRIL 5, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 5, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for release of
     3     information in confidential reports and for investigation of
     4     reports of suspected child abuse by county agencies.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 6340(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
     8  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     9  § 6340.  Release of information in confidential reports.
    10     (a)  General rule.--Reports specified in section 6339
    11  (relating to confidentiality of reports) shall only be made
    12  available to:
    13         * * *
    14         (17)  The employer of a child-care service employee,
    15     service provider, administrator or school employee who has
    16     been determined to be the perpetrator of a founded or
    17     indicated report of child abuse. Information permitted to be

     1     released to an employer under this paragraph shall be limited
     2     to the final status of the child abuse report following the
     3     investigation and disposition on appeal, if granted.
     4     * * *
     5     Section 2.  Section 6368 of Title 23 is amended by adding a
     6  subsection to read:
     7  § 6368.  Investigation of reports.
     8     * * *
     9     (e)  Notice of founded or indicated report to certain
    10  employers.--Where the county agency determines that a complaint
    11  of suspected abuse is a founded or indicated report involving a
    12  perpetrator who is a child-care service employee, service
    13  provider, administrator or school employee, the county agency
    14  shall notify the employer, if the identity of the employer is
    15  known to the county agency, in writing of the existence of the
    16  founded or indicated report.
    17     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.









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