PRINTER'S NO. 283
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
289
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TOOHIL, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, DeLISSIO, FARRY,
GABLER, HAGGERTY, HELM, LAWRENCE, LEWIS, MACKENZIE,
McCLINTON, METZGAR, MOUL, MURT, PICKETT, RAPP, ROZZI,
STEPHENS, WARD, WATSON, ZIMMERMAN AND NEILSON,
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, FEBRUARY 2, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in adoption, further providing for
home study and preplacement report and for report of
intention to adopt, repealing provisions relating to report
of intermediary and exhibits, further providing for
investigation, for contents of petition for adoption and for
exhibits, providing for permissible reimbursement of expenses
and further providing for time of entry of decree of
adoption.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2530(a) and (c) and 2531(b)(3) and (4)
of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are
amended to read:
§ 2530. Home study and preplacement report.
(a) General rule.--[No intermediary shall place a child] A
child shall not be placed in the physical care or custody of a
prospective adoptive parent or parents unless a home study
containing a favorable recommendation for placement of a child
with the prospective parent or parents has been completed within
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