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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 302
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HARPER
Printer's No. 1837
1 Amend Title, page 1, lines 1 and 2, by striking out "certain
2 duties of county and private agencies and resource families
3 regarding" and inserting
4 principles concerning
5 Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 8 and 9
6 Section 2. Purpose.
7 The purpose of this act is to set forth a comprehensive set
8 of principles for children in substitute care to ensure that
9 they are treated with compassion, dignity and respect.
10 Amend Sec. 2, page 1, line 9, by striking out "2" and
11 inserting
12 3
13 Amend Bill, page 3, lines 7 through 9, by striking out all of
14 said lines and inserting
15 Section 4. Protections for children in substitute care.
16 Children in substitute care shall receive the following
17 protections:
18 Amend Sec. 3, page 3, lines 11 through 13, by striking out
19 all of said lines and inserting
20 (2) Protection from any conduct prohibited by any
21 applicable provision of the Constitution of the United States
22 or the Constitution of Pennsylvania or any applicable
23 provision of any statute of the United States or the
24 Commonwealth.
25 Amend Sec. 3, page 3, lines 27 through 30; page 4, lines 1
26 through 4, by striking out all of said lines on said pages
27 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 5, by striking out "(9)" and
1 inserting
2 (8)
3 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 11, by striking out "(10)" and
4 inserting
5 (9)
6 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 14, by striking out "(11)" and
7 inserting
8 (10)
9 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 16, by striking out "(12)" and
10 inserting
11 (11)
12 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 22, by striking out "(13)" and
13 inserting
14 (12)
15 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 25, by striking out "(14)" and
16 inserting
17 (13)
18 Amend Sec. 3, page 4, line 29, by striking out "(15)" and
19 inserting
20 (14)
21 Amend Sec. 3, page 5, line 2, by striking out "(16)" and
22 inserting
23 (15)
24 Amend Sec. 3, page 5, line 6, by striking out "(17)" and
25 inserting
26 (16)
27 Amend Sec. 3, page 5, line 8, by striking out "(18)" and
28 inserting
29 (17)
30 Amend Sec. 3, page 5, line 14, by striking out "(19)" and
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1 inserting
2 (18)
3 Amend Sec. 3, page 5, lines 18 through 26, by striking out
4 all of said lines and inserting
5 (19) If the child in substitute care has a child of his
6 or her own, and that child has been placed in the same
7 resource family with the parent, the child in substitute care
8 may exercise parental and decision-making authority over his
9 or her own child, so long as safety concerns are not an
10 issue, unless determined otherwise by the juvenile court.
11 (20) The ability to file a grievance regarding a denial
12 of the protections provided under this section.
13 (21) To receive information about the grievance policy
14 from the children and youth
15 Amend Sec. 3, page 5, line 28, by striking out "(23)" and
16 inserting
17 (22)
18 Amend Sec. 3, page 6, line 2, by striking out "(24)" and
19 inserting
20 (23)
21 Amend Sec. 4, page 6, lines 16 and 17, by striking out all of
22 line 16 and "(a) Notification.--" in line 17 and inserting
23 Section 5. Copy of list of protections to be provided.
24 Amend Sec. 4, page 6, lines 18 and 19, by striking out
25 "duties of county and private agencies and resource parents
26 required by law and regulation" and inserting
27 list of protections provided under section 4
28 Amend Sec. 4, page 6, lines 22 through 24, by striking out
29 all of said lines
30 Amend Sec. 5, page 6, line 25, by striking out "5" and
31 inserting
32 6
33 Amend Sec. 5, page 6, line 26, by inserting after "SHALL"
34 only
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1 Amend Sec. 5, page 6, line 30, by striking out "FOR MONETARY
2 DAMAGES"
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