PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 213, 309
PRINTER'S NO. 464
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
221
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, YOUNGBLOOD, BISHOP, THOMAS, KILLION,
RAPP, KOTIK, JAMES, SCHLOSSBERG, DAVIDSON, O'BRIEN, GRELL,
HARHART, HARKINS, WATSON, SCHWEYER, MURT, GILLEN, GIBBONS,
SAMUELSON, DEAN, DAVIS, BRIGGS, KORTZ, MARSHALL AND
J. HARRIS, JANUARY 26, 2015
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53
(Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in selection and retention of judicial officers,
further providing for continuing education requirement; and,
in municipal police education and training, further providing
for powers and duties of Municipal Police Officers' Education
and Training Commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3118(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3118. Continuing education requirement.
(a) Magisterial district judges.--
(1) Every magisterial district judge shall complete a
continuing education program each year equivalent to not less
than 32 hours per year in such courses or programs as are
approved by the board. At least every six years, the program
shall include the identification of mental illness and ,
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intellectual disabilities AND AUTISM and the availability of
diversionary options for individuals with mental illness or ,
intellectual disabilities OR AUTISM .
(2) If a magisterial district judge fails to meet these
continuing education requirements, such judge shall be
subject to suspension by the Supreme Court until such time as
evidence of compliance with such requirements is submitted by
the board, but in no event longer than six months at which
time the failure to meet the continuing education
requirements shall be grounds for the Supreme Court, after a
hearing, to declare a vacancy in that district.
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Section 2. Section 2164 of Title 53 is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
§ 2164. Powers and duties of commission.
The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
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(1.1) To provide training for police officers with
respect to:
(i) Recognition of mental illness and , intellectual
disabilities AND AUTISM .
(ii) Proper techniques to interact with and de-
escalate individuals engaging in behavior indicative of
mental illness or , intellectual disability OR AUTISM .
(iii) Instruction on services available to
individuals with mental illness or , intellectual
disabilities OR AUTISM .
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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