Pennsylvania HB1936 amends juvenile justice procedures to ensure timely hearings and limit detention time.

Pennsylvania HB1936 modifies juvenile justice procedures to ensure timely hearings and limit detention time. The bill mandates that a hearing must be scheduled within ten days if a child is in detention or shelter care. If the hearing is not held within this period, the child must be released. The bill also limits the time a child can be detained pending transfer to a placement, requiring a review hearing every ten days. If three consecutive review hearings are held without a transfer, the child must be released with community-based alternatives.

Pennsylvania HB1936 amends juvenile justice procedures to ensure timely hearings and limit detention time.

Pennsylvania HB1936 modifies juvenile justice procedures to ensure timely hearings and limit detention time. The bill mandates that a hearing must be scheduled within ten days if a child is in detention or shelter care. If the hearing is not held within this period, the child must be released. The bill also limits the time a child can be detained pending transfer to a placement, requiring a review hearing every ten days. If three consecutive review hearings are held without a transfer, the child must be released with community-based alternatives.