been the subject of a founded or indicated report or received
general protective services within the last eighteen months.
(2) The parent or other person the child resides with has
been the subject of a report within the last eighteen months.
(b) Upon receipt of the notice under subsection (a), the
county agency shall promptly perform a safety and risk
assessment. A subsequent safety and risk assessment shall be
performed if the county agency has determined that a risk of
abuse exists. If after a six-month safety and risk assessment it
is determined that no risk of abuse exists, no further
assessment may be made, except upon receipt of a report under 23
Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 Subch. B (relating to provisions and
responsibilities for reporting suspected child abuse).
(c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"County agency." The county children and youth social
service agency established pursuant to section 405 of the act of
June 24, 1937 (P.L.2017, No.396), known as the "County
Institution District Law," or its successor, and supervised by
the Department of Human Services under Article IX of the act of
June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Human Services
Code."
"Founded report." A child abuse report involving a
perpetrator that is made under this section, if any of the
following applies:
(1) There has been a judicial adjudication based on a
finding that a child who is a subject of the report has been
abused and the adjudication involves the same factual
circumstances involved in the allegation of child abuse. The
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