City of Philadelphia - File #: 110304

• File #: 110304
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/28/2011
• In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
• Final action: 6/9/2011
• Title: 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.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Green, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Jones, Council President Verna, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember DiCicco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/22/2011	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/9/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	16:0
6/2/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/2/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/2/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/1/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
6/1/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	AMENDED
6/1/2011	1	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/26/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/26/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	RECESSED
4/28/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

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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.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 21. MISCELLANEOUS.
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CHAPTER 21-1800. FREEDOM FROM ABUSE RIGHTS REPORTING.


§21-1801. Definitions.


(1) DHS. The Philadelphia Department of Human Services.


(2) Provider Worker. An employee or agent for an organization under contract with DHS.

(3) SWSM. Social Work Services Manager.


(4) FAR. Freedom from Abuse Rights, which shall consist of the following, or such other statement of rights as DHS may provide by policy or Commonwealth law or regulation:

"You have the right to be safe. You have the right to freedom from abuse. Anyone can be an abuser - adults, teenagers, and children. They can be people you know or people you do not know. There are four kinds of abuse.

1. Physical Abuse - When someone hurts your body using their bare hands, other body parts or with objects that bruise or injure you and make you afraid.

2. Sexual Abuse - When someone shows you their private parts or gets you to touch their private parts or touches you in ways that feel wrong or make you uncomfortable. When someone takes pictures of you without any clothes on or tries to show you naked pictures of themselves or other people. Sexual abuse often happens when nobody else is around.

3. Emotional Abuse - When someone makes fun of you, picks on you, or says things that hurt your feelings or make you feel b...