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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, YUDICHAK, ARGALL, BROWNE, COSTA, ERICKSON, FERLO, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, McILHINNEY, RAFFERTY, SMUCKER, WASHINGTON, WOZNIAK, YAW AND PILEGGI, MARCH 11, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juvenile matters, |
3 | providing for disposition information. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 6352 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
8 | § 6352. Disposition of delinquent child. |
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10 | (c) Required statement of reasons.--Prior to entering an |
11 | order of disposition under subsection (a), the court shall state |
12 | the reasons for its disposition on the record in open court, |
13 | together with the goals, terms and conditions of that |
14 | disposition. If the child is to be committed to out-of-home |
15 | placement, the court shall also state the name of the specific |
16 | facility, or type of facility, to which the child will be |
17 | committed and the reasons why commitment to that facility, or |
18 | type of facility, was determined to be the least restrictive |
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1 | placement that is consistent with the protection of the public |
2 | interest and best suited to the child's treatment, supervision, |
3 | rehabilitation and welfare. |
4 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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