PRINTER'S NO. 1070
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
939
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY McCLINTON, SCHLOSSBERG, RABB, FIEDLER, LEE,
T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, KIRKLAND, ISAACSON, ULLMAN, McNEILL,
DEASY, SCHWEYER, FRANKEL, TOOHIL, BURGOS, SOLOMON, BULLOCK,
CALTAGIRONE, KINSEY, SAPPEY, DAVIDSON, WEBSTER AND STURLA,
MARCH 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 25, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters,
providing for confinement in juvenile treatment facilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 6329. Confinement in juvenile treatment facilities.
(a) Confinement.--The following apply:
(1) A staff member from the Bureau of Juvenile Justice
Services of the Department of Human Services, the Bureau of
Human Services Licensing of the Department of Human Services,
a facility operated primarily for the detention of children
who have been adjudicated delinquent or any other secure
facility may not subject a juvenile to room confinement for
the purposes of discipline, punishment, retaliation,
coercion, convenience or any other reason as a result of any
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