PRINTER'S NO. 1152
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
999
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FIEDLER, MURT, HILL-EVANS, McCLINTON, CEPHAS,
FRANKEL, ROTHMAN, KENYATTA, WILLIAMS, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG,
T. DAVIS, CALTAGIRONE, STURLA, YOUNGBLOOD, HARRIS, DALEY,
HOWARD, FREEMAN, DEASY, SANCHEZ, FITZGERALD AND HOHENSTEIN,
APRIL 2, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 2, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions, providing
for appointment of ombudsmen.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5908. Appointment of ombudsmen.
(a) Appointment.--No later than 180 days after the effective
date of this section, the A ttorney General, in consultation with
the Ombudsman Selection Board, shall appoint no less than two
ombudsmen to monitor and oversee the department's facilities.
The ombudsmen shall monitor and oversee the department's
facilities in the manner and allotment as determined by the
department. The ombudsmen shall meet all of the following
qualifications:
(1) Have knowledge of the policies and procedures of
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