6342 - Studies of data in records. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6342. Studies of data in records. (a) Studies.--The department may conduct or authorize the conducting of studies of the data contained in the pending complaint file and the Statewide central register and county agencies and distribute the results of the studies. No study may contain the name or other information by which a subject of a report could be identified. The department may allow Federal auditors access to nonidentifiable duplicates of reports in the pending complaint file and the Statewide central register if required for Federal financial participation in funding of agencies. (b) Data form.--The department shall develop a data form to facilitate the collection of statistical and demographic information from a child fatality or near fatality review team and a county agency, which can be incorporated into a study conducted by the department. (July 3, 2008, P.L.276, No.33, eff. 180 days) Cross References. Section 6342 is referred to in sections 6335, 6336, 6353.4 of this title.