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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | September 26, 2023 11:45 AM |
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| From: | Senator Tracy Pennycuick |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Child Abuse Reporting and Military Personnel |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce last session's HB159 in order to protect children from child abuse that may involve a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. My proposal will recognize the “Family Advocacy Program,” that has been established by the U.S. Department of Defense to address child abuse and domestic abuse in military communities. Current state law does not require child protective services (CPS) to identify military families in cases of child abuse and neglect, nor are they required to report cases to the appropriate military authorities. This legislation will require CPS to immediately give notice to the Family Advocacy Program by contacting the program’s representative for the Commonwealth or the service member’s assigned military installation, if the service member is the subject of a report due to an investigation. In addition, my proposal will require specific information to be included in the notice to the service member’s duty station or the advocacy program. Please consider joining me in this important legislation to further protect children of child abuse. If you have any questions, please contact Matt Szuchyt in my office. |
Introduced as SB1035