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Committee advances bill to bar parental incarceration as sole basis for terminating parental rights
Summary
The House Children and Youth Committee reported House Bill 285 as amended after removing arrest-protocol language; sponsor Representative Krayjewski said the bill seeks to limit collateral harm to children by ensuring incarceration alone cannot automatically trigger termination of parental rights.
House Bill 285, sponsored by Representative Krayjewski, was reported from the House Children and Youth Committee after members adopted an amendment removing arrest-protocol provisions. Committee staff Danielle summarized the bill as amending Titles 23, 42 and 44 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to clarify that "the rights of a parent cannot be terminated solely on the basis of parental incarceration." The measure also would allow a county agency to consider parental incarceration exceeding 15 months as a compelling reason in narrow…
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