PRINTER'S NO. 1975
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1527
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY STEPHENS, DRISCOLL, MILLARD, TAYLOR, PICKETT,
ROZZI, CORR AND JOZWIAK, JUNE 12, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 12, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further
providing for persons required to report suspected child
abuse.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6311(a)(16) and (b)(1)(iii) of Title 23
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 6311. Persons required to report suspected child abuse.
(a) Mandated reporters.--The following adults shall make a
report of suspected child abuse, subject to subsection (b), if
the person has reasonable cause to suspect that a child is a
victim of child abuse:
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(16) An adult family member who is a person responsible
for the child's welfare and provides services to a child in a
family living home, community home for individuals with an
intellectual disability or host home for children which are
subject to supervision or licensure by the department under
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Articles IX and X of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
No.21), known as the [Public Welfare] Human Services Code.
(b) Basis to report.--
(1) A mandated reporter enumerated in subsection (a)
shall make a report of suspected child abuse in accordance
with section 6313 (relating to reporting procedure), if the
mandated reporter has reasonable cause to suspect that a
child is a victim of child abuse under any of the following
circumstances:
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(iii) [A] The mandated reporter witnesses an abusive
act to an identifiable child or a person makes a specific
disclosure to the mandated reporter that an identifiable
child is the victim of child abuse.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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