SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 202, 463
PRINTER'S NO. 3017
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
215
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GINGRICH, BISHOP, KOTIK, GODSHALL, DAVIDSON,
MILLARD, WATSON, SAYLOR, BOBACK, COHEN, DEASY, BAKER,
KAUFFMAN, A. HARRIS, GOODMAN, PETRI, M. K. KELLER, DAVIS,
FARRY, ROZZI AND MOUL, JANUARY 23, 2015
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, MARCH 22,
2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the
offense of neglect of care-dependent person; and providing
for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2713(a) and (b) and the definition of
"caretaker" in subsection (f) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes are amended and subsection (f) is amended
by adding definitions to read:
SECTION 1. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT IT
IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN ENACTING THIS ACT THAT A
DISTINCTION SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BETWEEN INTENTIONAL ACTS AND
NEGLIGENT ACTS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THIS ACT IS ENFORCED AGAINST
FAMILY MEMBERS OF A CARE-DEPENDENT PERSON WHO ARE NOT TRAINED TO
PROVIDE CARE.
SECTION 2. SECTION 2713(A) AND (B) AND THE DEFINITION OF
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