PRINTER'S NO. 1372
No. 1218 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, YOUNGBLOOD, CARN, TIGUE,
BELARDI, TRELLO, JOSEPHS, MIHALICH, BATTISTO AND PISTELLA,
MARCH 16, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
MARCH 16, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," providing for a foster
4 parent registry.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
8 as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding a section to
9 read:
10 Section 710. Foster Parent Registry.--(a) The department
11 shall maintain a registry of all foster parents in this
12 Commonwealth. This registry shall contain, at a minimum, the
13 following information in relation to each foster parent:
14 (1) A chronological history of the parent, including all
15 prior periods of custody of any minor.
16 (2) A history of the parent's association with any public or
17 private child welfare agency, including the reasons why a parent
18 or the agency terminated such association.
1 (3) A criminal history of the parent in relation to any
2 charges or convictions of child abuse or any other crime
3 involving a child.
4 (b) The department may promulgate rules and regulations
5 necessary to carry out this section and may arrange for, or
6 conduct on its own, such background investigations of foster
7 parents as necessary to fulfill the requirements and purposes of
8 the registry.
9 (c) As used in this section, "foster parent" means any
10 person who, on the effective date of this section and acting in
11 the capacity of foster parent, has custody of a minor or who,
12 within the five-year period immediately prior to the effective
13 date of this section, had custody of a minor while acting in the
14 capacity of a foster parent.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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