Official:Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Chapter requiring the Department of Human Services to report on its compliance with a policy that requires that a summary of children's rights to be free from abuse be communicated to all children who are the subject of an investigation into a credible report of child abuse or who are being placed in another home, foster home, group home, or other facility, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: April 28, 2011
Signed: June 9, 2011
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires the Department of Human Services to report on its compliance with a policy that informs children about their rights to be free from abuse in situations where they are being investigated for abuse or placed in a new home.
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