PRINTER'S NO. 900
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
737
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, McGARRIGLE, YAW, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA,
VULAKOVICH, MARTIN, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, BAKER, WARD AND
YUDICHAK, JUNE 2, 2017
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, JUNE 2, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), entitled
"An act relating to the protection of the abused, neglected,
exploited or abandoned elderly; establishing a uniform
Statewide reporting and investigative system for suspected
abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of the elderly;
providing protective services; providing for funding; and
making repeals," in criminal history for employees, further
providing for provisional employees for limited periods.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 506 of the act of November 6, 1987
(P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services
Act, is amended to read:
Section 506. Provisional employees for limited periods.
Notwithstanding section 502, [administrators] an
administrator may employ [applicants] an applicant, other than
an applicant who is a direct care worker referred by a home care
registry to provide home care services to a consumer, on a
provisional basis for a single period not to exceed 30 days or,
for [applicants] an applicant under section 502(a)(2), a period
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