6406 - Duty of Department of Public Welfare. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6406. Duty of Department of Public Welfare. (a) General rule.--The department shall have the duty to provide a separate, secure State-owned facility or unit utilized solely for the control, care and treatment of persons committed pursuant to this chapter. The department shall be responsible for all costs relating to the control, care and treatment of persons committed to custody pursuant to this chapter. (b) Interim facility.--The department may designate a State- owned facility or unit which currently receives children who are adjudicated delinquent and committed under Chapter 63 (relating to juvenile matters) to receive individuals committed under this chapter as long as these individuals are segregated at all times from children committed under Chapter 63. This subsection shall expire July 1, 2006. (c) Treatment plans.--The department, in consultation with the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission and the board, shall develop policies and procedures for providing individualized treatment and discharge plans based on clinical guidelines and professional standards in the fields of sexual offender treatment and mental health.