PRINTER'S NO. 970
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
856
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, HOWARD, LONGIETTI, RADER, KORTZ, HELM,
DeLUCA, PETRARCA AND D. MILLER, MARCH 18, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, MARCH 18, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in children and youth,
further providing for definitions; and, in family finding and
kinship care, further providing for definitions, for Kinship
Care Program, for Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship
Program and for permanent legal custodianship subsidy and
reimbursement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 772 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
No.21), known as the Human Services Code, amended June 30, 2012
(P.L.668, No.80), amendment declared unconstitutional, 188 A.3d
1135 (Pa. 2018), is reenacted and amended to read:
Section 772. Definitions.--As used in this subdivision:
"Adoption opportunity" is a subsidy which may include
maintenance cost; medical, surgical, and psychological expenses;
and other costs incident to the adoption.
"Child" means an individual who:
(1) is under the age of eighteen years; or
(2) is under the age of twenty-one years and who attained
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