Notwithstanding any other provision of law, drug and alcohol treatment records or related information regarding a child who is alleged or who has been found to be dependent or delinquent, or the child's parent, shall be released to the county agency, court or juvenile probation officer upon the consent of the child or the child's parent or upon an order of the court. The disclosure of drug and alcohol treatment records under this section shall be obtained or ordered in a manner that is consistent with the procedures, limitations and criteria set forth in regulations adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the confidentiality of drug and alcohol treatment records. The county agency, court or juvenile probation officer shall only use the records to carry out the purposes of this chapter and shall not release the records to any other person. The court may order the participation of the county agency or juvenile probation officer in the development of a treatment plan for the child as necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of the child, to include discussions with the individual, facility or program providing treatment and the child or the child's parent in furtherance of a disposition under section 6351 (relating to disposition of dependent child) or 6352 (relating to disposition of delinquent child).
(Dec. 15, 1998, P.L.949, No.126, eff. Jan. 1, 1999)
1998 Amendment. Act 126 added section 6352.1.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Section 6301 - Short title and purposes of chapter
Section 6303 - Scope of chapter
Section 6304 - Powers and duties of probation officers
Section 6304.1 - Summary offenses
Section 6306 - Costs and expenses of care of child
Section 6307 - Inspection of court files and records
Section 6308 - Law enforcement records
Section 6309 - Juvenile history record information
Section 6310 - Parental participation
Section 6311 - Guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings
Section 6321 - Commencement of proceedings
Section 6322 - Transfer from criminal proceedings
Section 6323 - Informal adjustment
Section 6324 - Taking into custody
Section 6325 - Detention of child
Section 6326 - Release or delivery to court
Section 6327 - Place of detention
Section 6328 - Dependency in lieu of delinquency
Section 6331 - Release from detention or commencement of proceedings
Section 6332 - Informal hearing
Section 6335 - Release or holding of hearing
Section 6336 - Conduct of hearings
Section 6336.1 - Notice and hearing
Section 6336.2 - Use of restraints on children during court proceedings
Section 6337 - Right to counsel
Section 6337.1 - Right to counsel for children in dependency and delinquency proceedings
Section 6338 - Other basic rights
Section 6339 - Investigation and report
Section 6342 - Court-appointed special advocates
Section 6351 - Disposition of dependent child
Section 6351.1 - Authority of court upon petition to remove child from foster parent
Section 6352 - Disposition of delinquent child
Section 6352.1 - Treatment records
Section 6352.2 - Interagency information sharing
Section 6353 - Limitation on and change in place of commitment
Section 6354 - Effect of adjudication
Section 6355 - Transfer to criminal proceedings
Section 6356 - Disposition of mentally ill or mentally retarded child
Section 6357 - Rights and duties of legal custodian
Section 6358 - Assessment of delinquent children by the State Sexual Offenders Assessment Board
Section 6361 - Disposition of nonresident child
Section 6362 - Disposition of resident child received from another state
Section 6363 - Ordering foreign supervision
Section 6364 - Supervision under foreign order
Section 6365 - Powers of foreign probation officers
Section 6372 - Juvenile Court Judges' Commission
Section 6373 - Powers and duties