SENATE AMENDED
A05215
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1139
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BLOOM, CUTLER, A. HARRIS, KAUFFMAN,
MILLARD, B. MILLER, OBERLANDER, READSHAW, ROE, RYAN, SANKEY,
TOOHIL, WARD, WHEELAND, ZIMMERMAN, KORTZ, BARBIN, MICCARELLI,
RAPP AND ROZZI, APRIL 10, 2017
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
OCTOBER 3, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic
Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
offenses against the family, further providing for newborn
protection; in child protective services, further providing
for taking child into protective custody; and, in newborn
protection, further providing for definitions and for health
care providers accepting newborns, providing for emergency
services providers accepting newborns and for incubators for
newborns and further providing for reporting acceptance of
newborns, for immunity and for duties of department.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4306 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4306. Newborn protection.
(a) General rule.--A parent of a newborn shall not be
criminally liable for any violation of this title solely for
leaving a newborn in the care of a hospital [or], a police
officer at a police station pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 65
(relating to newborn protection) [providing that] o r an
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