§ 6343.1. Citizen review panels
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic RelationsEffective: December 30, 2008
Effective: December 30, 2008
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6343.1
§ 6343.1. Citizen review panels
(a) Establishment.--The department shall establish a minimum of three citizen review panels. The department may designate a child fatality or near fatality review team under section 6365(d) (relating to services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse) as a citizen review panel as long as the team has the capacity to perform as a citizen review panel.
(1) Policies, procedures and practices of State and local agencies and, where appropriate, specific cases to evaluate the extent to which State and local child protective services system agencies are effectively discharging their child protection responsibilities under section 106(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Public Law 93-247, 42 U.S.C. § 5106a(b)).
(ii) a review of child fatalities and near fatalities, including, but not limited to, a review of any child fatality or near fatality involving a child in the custody of a public or private agency where there is no report of suspected child abuse and the cause of death is neither the result of child abuse nor natural causes.
Credits
2006, Nov. 9, P.L. 1358, No. 146, § 4, effective in 180 days [May 8, 2007]. Amended 2008, July 3, P.L. 276, No. 33, § 4, effective in 180 days [Dec. 30, 2008].
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6343.1, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6343.1
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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