Box 1
Contains 75 Results:
Voting Meeting regarding House Bill 162, 2013-10-16
House Bill 162: Grants access to the original or amended birth certificate of an adoptee.
Public Hearing regarding House Bill 642, standing for visitation for siblings, 2013-11-12
Testimony was given by Representative Rosita Youngblood; Avidan Milevsky, Kutztown University; J. Paul Helvy, family law attorney; Judge Carol Van Horn, Court of Common Pleas, Franklin and Fulton Counties.
Voting Meeting regarding Senate Bills 21, 23, 30, 1116, 2013-11-19
Senate Bill 21 (Act 33): Provides for mandated reporters of child abuse. Senate Bill 23 (Act 117): Provides for the definition of perpetrator. Senate Bill 30 (Act 119): Provides for the recording of false reports of child abuse. Senate Bill 1116 (Act 123): Updates provisions related to the investigation of child abuse.
Informational Meeting regarding the Office of Children, Youth and Families' IT Improvement Plan and Database of Protective Services, 2013-12-09
Presentation given by Cathy Utz, Department of Public Welfare.
Voting Meeting regarding Senate Bill 24, 29, 33, 2013-12-10
Senate Bill 24 (Act 29): Provides for electronic reporting of child abuse. Senate Bill 29 (Act 4): Provides for definitions and for mandatory reporting of infants. Senate Bill 33 (Act 34): Extends whistleblower protection for employees who make reports of suspected child abuse.
Informational Meeting regarding the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency's ongoing delinquency prevention initiatives, 2014-03-10
Presentations given by Linda Rosenberg, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and Beverly Mackereth, Department of Public Welfare.
Voting Meeting regarding Senate Bill 31, 2014-03-12
Senate Bill 31 (Act 44): Eliminates the separate standards that exist for school employees with regard to the threshold for what constitutes child abuse and the procedure for reporting of child abuse.
Public Hearing regarding House Bill 1436, Alternate Infant and Children's Health Initiative Act, 2014-03-19
Testimony was given by Representative Dan Truitt; Dr. Terri Brown-Whitehorn, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Parents Suzanne and Steve Harris, Jessica and Ryan Pheasant, Andrea Nicole Falzone, and Allysha Zink.
Informational Meeting regarding Penn State's Network on Child Protection and Well-Being, 2014-04-02
Presentation was given by Jennie Noll, Margaret Gray, Lucy Johnston-Walsh, and Zack Moore, Penn State University.
Public Hearing regarding Senate Bill 27, exchange of medical information between medical practitioner and county Children and Youth Services agency, 2014-04-29
Testimony was given by Senator Bob Mensch; Cindy Christian, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Cathy Utz, Department of Public Welfare; Thomas Schmidt, Home School Legal Defense Association; Mark Freeman, Pennsylvania Family Institute.
