PENNSYLVANIA
The Patriot-News
By Charles Thompson | cthompson@pennlive.com
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed three bills today in a package designed to improve child protection systems in Pennsylvania, all by overwhelming margins.
The bills, all of which flowed from recommendations from a task force appointed to study the state of Pennsylvania’s laws in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, now go to the Senate or further consideration.
The bills approved today include:
* House Bill 430, which requires all persons required to report suspicions of child abuse who are part of an organization to make separate reports both to their supervisors and to the state’s Childline system.
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