Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection Calls for Complete Rewrite of the State's Child Protective Services Law

By Jan Murphy
The Patriot-News
November 27, 2012

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/11/pennsylvania_task_force_on_chi.html

A task force charged with examining the state's child protection law is recommending the state redefine what constitutes child abuse and expand the list of individuals who are required to report child abuse, among numerous other recommendations.

See the complete list of recommendations.

The 11-member Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection unanimously today adopted a report that also calls for a complete overhaul of the child protection law, and upgrading some crimes against children and creating several new offenses. See the full report.

The task force formed by the Legislature in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal spent the past year examining the laws and holding 11 public meetings to hear testimony from experts about possible weaknesses in them.

The child sex abuse charges filed against Jerry Sandusky prompted the state to take a closer look at its child protection law. Sandusky was convicted in June on 45 charges and is now serving a prison sentence.

abuse scandal spent the past year examining the laws and holding 11 public meetings to hear testimony from experts about possible weaknesses in them.