§ 7661.3. Domestic violence health care response program
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 7661.3
§ 7661.3. Domestic violence health care response program
(a) Establishment of program.--There is established within the Department of Public Welfare1 the Domestic Violence Health Care Response Program.
(b) Purpose of programs.--The purpose of the program shall be to support the development of domestic violence medical advocacy projects in this Commonwealth which would assist in the implementation of domestic violence policies and procedures as well as provide training for health care workers to improve hospital, health center and clinic response to domestic violence victims seeking medical treatment.
(d) Annual report.--Utilizing information provided under subsection (e)(5), the department shall compile an annual report to be submitted to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives providing oversight of the Department of Public Welfare.
(2) Develop and implement uniform multidisciplinary domestic violence policies and procedures which incorporate the roles and responsibilities of all staff who provide services or interact with victims of domestic violence, including the identification of victims of domestic violence through universal screening.
(3) Develop and implement a multidisciplinary, comprehensive and ongoing domestic violence education and training program for hospital, health center or clinic personnel adapted to the particular hospital's, health center's or clinic's demographics, policies, staffing patterns and resources. The training program shall include, but is not limited to, identifying characteristics of domestic violence, screening patients for domestic violence, appropriately documenting in the medical record and offering referral services, including domestic violence resources available in the community.
Credits
1998, Dec. 3, P.L. 925, No. 115, § 3, effective July 1, 1999.
Footnotes
Now Department of Human Services; see 62 P.S. § 103.
35 P.S. § 7661.3, PA ST 35 P.S. § 7661.3
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 1. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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