annually, but may hold additional meetings as determined by
the chairperson. The chairperson shall provide notice of at
least 14 days in advance for a regular meeting and shall
provide notice of at least three days in advance of a special
meeting.
(2) A record of meeting attendance shall be maintained,
and a member shall receive written notice if the member
misses two consecutive meetings. A member who misses three
consecutive meetings without good cause acceptable to the
chairperson may be replaced by a member appointed by the
Governor at the discretion of the chairperson.
(3) Minutes of the meetings shall be prepared and filed
with the task force and distributed to each member. Each
record shall be a matter of public record.
(4) A member may not receive per diem expenses.
(5) The department shall provide appropriate staff
support to enable the task force to properly carry out the
task force's duties.
(i) Powers.--The task force shall have the power to advise
and consult the General Assembly and Commonwealth agencies and
may make recommendations in accordance with subsection (b). In
making those recommendations, the task force shall perform the
following:
(1) Review existing laws, regulations and policies
within the context of current empirical evidence evaluating
effective child sexual abuse.
(2) Review current best-practices for primary, secondary
and tertiary child sexual abuse prevention strategies.
(3) Gather information concerning child sexual abuse
throughout this Commonwealth.
(4) Receive reports and testimony from individuals,
Commonwealth and local agencies, community-based
organizations and other public and private organizations.
(5) Develop guidelines and tools for the development of
sexual abuse prevention and intervention plans by
organizations serving children and youth.
(6) Recommend policies and procedures for implementation
and oversight of the guidelines.
(7) Recommend strategies for incentivizing organizations
to develop and implement sexual abuse prevention and
intervention plans.
(8) Develop a five-year plan for using community
education and other strategies to increase public awareness
about child sexual abuse, including how to recognize signs,
minimize risk and act on suspicions or disclosures of such
abuse.
(9) Create goals for education policy that would prevent
child sexual abuse.
(10) Create goals for other areas of Commonwealth policy
that would prevent child sexual abuse.
(j) Annual report.--Submit an annual report to the Governor
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