House Republicans are working to adequately address the way Pennsylvania identifies, prevents and prosecutes child abuse. In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, the House has taken up the call to strengthen Pennsylvania’s child protection laws to make the Commonwealth safer for all children.
After Sandusky’s indictment, the Pennsylvania General Assembly responded by creating the Task Force on Child Protection which examined existing laws and held 11 public meetings to hear testimony from victims and experts who gave specific recommendation on how to improve Pennsylvania law to protect children from abuse.
Last November, the Task Force produced a 427-page report which included many specific recommendations for how to improve Pennsylvania law.
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Returning to Session in January, the House began work right away with a number of hearings and meetings on the report and its recommendations, through the Judiciary Committee and the Children and Youth Committee. Currently, the House is in the process of enacting the responsible recommendations into law, reforming Pennsylvania law to protect children from abuse.
The House is in session this week, with a number of bills on the agenda for both committee and floor votes in fact, they also expect to cast votes on several more bills in our child protection package. On Tuesday, the House Children and Youth Committee reported out three more bills to help protect children in our state from the horrors of physical and sexual abuse.
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Over the course of the past year, as chairman of the House Children and Youth Committee, Rep. Kathy Watson. have worked with a lot of people, from prosecutors, to physicians to child welfare advocates and educators, about how we can further protect our children. "These are all truly special people whom I have had the privilege of working with, and their efforts will go a long way toward making sure children do not have to suffer through the horrors of abuse".
All above was copy from Rep Kathy Watson site. This is the best thing ever that I seen since I was in foster care.
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Over the last 5 months I have been learning about these laws. I even told Bev, Karen, Jane and the lawyers about this. Now I have the law behind me.
