A07683
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1124
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY COX, BAKER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, D. COSTA, DAVIDSON,
DAVIS, DRISCOLL, EVERETT, FARRY, GILLEN, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
KAUFFMAN, MACKENZIE, McNEILL, MILNE, NEILSON, O'BRIEN,
PASHINSKI, ROZZI, SAYLOR, WARD, WATSON AND KORTZ, MAY 5, 2017
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 11, 2017
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 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.
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, the section is amended by
adding a subsection, the section is amended by adding a
subsection and subsection (f) is amended by adding definitions
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