2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 63 - Child Protective Services
6347 - Reports to Governor and General Assembly.

     § 6347.  Reports to Governor and General Assembly.
        (a)  General rule.--No later than May 1 of every year, the
     secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Governor and the
     General Assembly a report on the operations of the central
     register of child abuse and child protective services provided
     by county agencies. The report shall include a full statistical
     analysis of the reports of suspected child abuse made to the
     department and the reports under Subchapter C.1 (relating to
     students in public and private schools), together with a report
     on the implementation of this chapter and its total cost to the
     Commonwealth, the evaluation of the secretary of services
     offered under this chapter and recommendations for repeal or for
     additional legislation to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
     All such recommendations should contain an estimate of increased
     or decreased costs resulting therefrom. The report shall also
     include an explanation of services provided to children who were
     the subjects of founded or indicated reports while receiving
     child-care services. The department shall also describe its
     actions in respect to the perpetrators of the abuse.
        (b)  Reports from county agencies.--To assist the department
     in preparing its annual report and the quarterly reports
     required under subsection (c), each county agency shall submit a
     quarterly report to the department, including, at a minimum, the
     following information, on an aggregate basis, regarding general
     protective services, child protective services and action under
     Subchapter C.1:
            (1)  The number of referrals received and referrals
        accepted.
            (2)  The number of children over whom the agency
        maintains continuing supervision.
            (3)  The number of cases which have been closed by the
        agency.
            (4)  The services provided to children and their
        families.
            (5)  A summary of the findings with nonidentifying
        information about each case of child abuse or neglect which
        has resulted in a child fatality or near fatality.
        (c)  Quarterly reports.--The department shall prepare and
     transmit to the Governor and the General Assembly a quarterly
     report that includes a summary of the findings with
     nonidentifying information about each case of child abuse or
     neglect that has resulted in a child fatality or near fatality.
     One of the quarterly reports may be included within the annual
     report required under subsection (a).
     (Dec. 16, 1994, P.L.1292, No.151, eff. July 1, 1996; Nov. 9,
     2006, P.L.1358, No.146, eff. 180 days)

        2006 Amendment.  Act 146 amended the section heading and
     subsec. (b) intro. par., carried subsec. (a) without amendment
     and added subsecs. (b)(5) and (c).