Bill Information

An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for definitions; providing for electronic reporting and for regulations; further providing for mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths, for establishment of pending complaint file, Statewide central register and file of unfounded reports, for establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number, for continuous availability of department and for disposition of complaints received; providing for responsibility for investigation; and further providing for information in pending complaint and unfounded report files, for information in Statewide central register, for disposition of unfounded reports, for disposition of founded and indicated reports, for confidentiality of reports, for release of information in confidential reports, for studies of data in records, for information relating to prospective child-care personnel, for information relating to family day-care home residents, for cooperation of other agencies, for reports to Governor and General Assembly, for penalties and for county agency requirements for general protective services.