Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records of the Children and Youth Committee from the 2013-2014 session, the Republicans in majority. The Chairs of the committee were Katherine Watson (majority) and Louise Williams Bishop (minority). The majority Vice Chair was Dan Moul and Michelle Brownlee served as minority Vice Chair. The Secretaries were Tarah Toohil (majority) and Mark Rozzi (minority).The Committee met to discuss and vote on various bills related to child abuse, foster care, and adoption. The...

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Files contain copies of final printer's number of bill, bill summaries, correspondence, amendments.

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Provides for child support guidelines.

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Requires child day-care facilities to install video surveillance systems.

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Requires county children and youth agencies to plan for a child's educational stability.

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Requires counties to conduct ongoing efforts to find family for children who become involved with a county children and youth agency (Act 55).

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Requires that, within five years, counties offer all children and families receiving child welfare services the opportunity to engage in family conferencing.

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Amends the Public Welfare Code regarding advance payments to counties for child services, private provider contracts, and establishment of a task force.

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Provides for payments for costs for purchased mandated child protection services.

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Expands the types of food-related allergic and digestive disorders in children for which health insurance carriers in Pennsylvania are required to cover the cost of treatment in the form of medically necessary amino acid-based elemental formulas (Act 158).