PRINTER'S NO. 2454
No. 1968 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, COY, WALKO, FRANKEL AND LAUGHLIN,
OCTOBER 18, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
OCTOBER 18, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 3, 1998 (P.L.925, No.115), entitled
2 "An act providing for screening of patients for symptoms of
3 domestic violence; establishing the Domestic Violence Health
4 Care Response Program in the Department of Public Welfare;
5 and providing for domestic violence medical advocacy projects
6 to assist in implementation of domestic violence policies,
7 procedures, health care worker training and hospital, health
8 center and clinic response to domestic violence victims,"
9 further providing for Domestic Violence Health Care Response
10 Program.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 3(c) of the act of December 3, 1998
14 (P.L.925, No.115), known as the Domestic Violence Health Care
15 Response Act, is amended to read:
16 Section 3. Domestic Violence Health Care Response Program.
17 * * *
18 (c) Medical advocacy project sites.--
19 (1) The department shall select medical advocacy project
20 sites with representation from urban, rural and suburban
21 areas. To ensure the effectiveness of the program, the
1 project sites shall not be publicized.
2 (2) The department shall annually maintain a minimum of
3 35 medical advocacy project sites across this Commonwealth,
4 except that if fewer than 35 sites have applied for funding
5 for domestic violence screening and advocacy programs, the
6 department shall maintain all qualified sites that have
7 applied.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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