Section 3490.234. Notifications

(a) The county agency shall notify the parent of the receipt of the report alleging the need for general protective services and that the county agency will do an assessment to determine the need for general protective services. The notification shall be made verbally at the time of the initial interview.

(b) The county agency shall provide written notice to the parents and the primary person who is responsible for the care of the child of the county agency’s decision to accept or not accept the family for general protective services within 7-calendar days of making the decision. If the county agency accepts the family for services, it shall include the following information in the notice:

(1) The reasons why the county agency accepted the family for services.

(2) The right of the custodial parent or the primary person responsible for the care of the child to appeal the county agency’s decision that the child is in need of general protective services.

(3) The request for an appeal shall be received by the county agency within 45-calendar days of the mailing date of the written notice in subsection (b).

(4) How to appeal the county agency’s decision that the child is in need of general protective services.

(5) The written appeal request shall specify the reasons why the child is not in need of general protective services.

The provisions of this § 3490.234 adopted July 2, 1999, effective July 3, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 3513.