PENNSYLVANIA, June 23 - PRINTER'S NO. 371

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

305

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, PHILLIPS-HILL, MARTIN, BARTOLOTTA,

J. WARD, TARTAGLIONE AND KANE, MARCH 10, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic

Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in

offenses against the family, further providing for newborn

protection; in child protective services, further providing

for definitions and for taking child into protective custody;

and, in newborn protection, further providing for definitions

and for incubators for newborns, providing for health care

providers at urgent care centers accepting newborns and

further providing for reporting acceptance of newborns, for

immunity and for duties of department.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4306 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4306. Newborn protection.

(a) General rule.--A parent of a newborn shall not be

criminally liable for any violation of this title solely for

leaving a newborn in the care of a hospital, an urgent care

center, a police officer at a police station pursuant to 23

Pa.C.S. Ch. 65 (relating to newborn protection) or an emergency

services provider on the grounds of an entity employing the

emergency services provider or otherwise providing access to the

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