1Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services,
3providing for Statewide toll-free telephone number and
4monitoring by department.

5The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6hereby enacts as follows:

7Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

9§ 6332.1. Statewide three digit toll-free telephone number and
10monitoring by department.

11(a) Statewide toll-free telephone number.--The department
12shall establish a single three digit Statewide toll-free
13telephone number that all persons may use to report cases of
14suspected child abuse or children in need of protective
15services.

16(b) Continuous access and monitoring.--The department shall
17do the following on a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week basis:

1(1) Receive reports and referrals of suspected child
2abuse and children in need of protective services.

3(2) Respond to requests for information from county
4agencies and law enforcement personnel under section 6335.1
5(relating to access to information in Statewide database).

6(3) Monitor the provision of protective services.

7(c) Continuous availability.--Each county agency shall, on a
824-hour, seven-days-a-week basis, receive reports of suspected
9child abuse from the department under section 6323(b) (relating
10to disposition of initial reports) or the general public in
11accordance with the county plan and regulations of the
12department for the provision of child protective services.

13Section 2. This act shall take effect <-in 60 days January 1, 
142014.