Child Abuse Identification and Reporting: The Pennsylvania Requirement _____________________________
RELEVANT RESOURCES BY SECTION
Child Welfare in Pennsylvania 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303 (relating to definitions) • Bodily injury • Child • Child abuse • Child protective services • County agency • Department • General protective services • Parent • Protective services • Recent act • Recent act or failure to act
• Serious mental injury • Serious physical neglect • Sexual abuse or exploitation • Substantiated child abuse
23 Pa.C.S. § 6362 (relating to responsibilities of county agency for child protective services) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6372 (relating to protecting well-being of children maintained outside home) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6373 (relating to general protective services responsibilities of county agency) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6374 (relating to principles and goals of general protective services) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6375 (relating to county agency requirements for general protective services) 55 Pa. Code § 3490.223 (relating to definitions) • Assessment • General protective services
• Potential for harm • Protective services Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 1466, 22 U.S.C. § 7102) • Severe forms of trafficking in persons • Sex trafficking Mandatory Notification of Substance Affected Infants by Health Care Providers & Plan of Safe Care (Act 54 of 2018) 23 Pa.CS. § 6303 (relating to definitions) • Child • Child abuse • County agency • Department
• Health care facility • Health care provider • Parent 2018 Act 54 - PA General Assembly (state.pa.us) Plans of Safe Care (pa.gov)
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