Pennsylvania Act 1999-50 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS CODE (23 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS CODE (23 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                  Act of Nov. 24, 1999, P.L. 542, No. 50              Cl. 23
                             Session of 1999
                               No. 1999-50

     HB 518

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, providing for face-to-face contact for
        high risk abused children.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Sections 6362 and 6375 of Title 23 of the
     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended by adding
     subsections to read:
      § 6362.  Responsibilities of county agency for child protective
                services.
        * * *
        (f)  Weekly face-to-face contacts.--For those children
     assessed as being at high risk for abuse or neglect who are
     remaining in or returning to the home in which the abuse or
     neglect occurred, the county agency shall ensure that those
     children are seen at least once a week, either directly by a
     county agency worker or through purchase of service, until they
     are no longer assessed as being at high risk for abuse or
     neglect.
      § 6375.  County agency requirements for general protective
                services.
        * * *
        (m)  Weekly face-to-face contacts.--For those children
     assessed under this section as being at high risk for abuse or
     neglect who are remaining in or returning to the home in which
     the abuse or neglect occurred, the county agency shall ensure
     that those children are seen at least once a week, either
     directly by a county agency worker or through purchase of
     service, until they are no longer assessed as being at high risk
     for abuse or neglect.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 24th day of November, A. D. 1999.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE