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PRINTER'S NO. 2248
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1568
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLOSSBERG, BOBACK,
DAVIS, D. COSTA, SANTARSIERO, DeLUCA, BARBIN, COHEN, MURT,
ROZZI, FRANKEL, READSHAW AND KINSEY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further
providing for education and training.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6383(a) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6383. Education and training.
(a) Duties of department and county agencies.--
(1) The department and each county agency, both jointly
and individually, shall conduct a continuing publicity and
education program for the citizens of this Commonwealth aimed
at the prevention of child abuse and child neglect, including
the prevention of newborn abandonment, the identification of
abused and neglected children and the provision of necessary
ameliorative services to abused and neglected children and
their families.
(2) The department and each county agency shall conduct
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an ongoing training and education program for local staff,
persons required to make reports and other appropriate
persons in order to familiarize those persons with the
reporting and investigative procedures for cases of suspected
child abuse and the rehabilitative services that are
available to children and families.
(3) In addition, the department shall, by regulation,
establish a program of training and certification for persons
classified as protective services workers[. The regulations
shall provide for the] that includes the following:
(i) The grandfathering of all current permanent
protective services workers as certified protective
services workers.
(ii) Upon request by the county agency and approval
of the department, the agency may conduct the training of
the county's protective services workers.
(iii) Basic training on drug and alcohol abuse and
addiction, warning signs of drug and alcohol problems,
methods of referral for assessment and treatment of
addiction.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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