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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2011
Contact: Tom
Aikens
(724) 600-7002
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Media Advisory
Senate Committee Sets Pittsburgh Hearing on Determining
Child Abuse
Tuesday, Oct.
4, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Harrisburg – The Senate Aging and
Youth Committee, chaired by Sen. Kim Ward (R-39), will hold a public hearing
Tuesday in Pittsburgh to explore possible changes to the state's definition of
child abuse or to the Commonwealth's Child Protective Services system.
The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4
at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, One Children's Hospital Drive,
4401 Penn Ave. (Rooms A & B of the Rangos Conference Center, which is on 44th
Street, behind the Hospital.)
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
was one of the first three hospitals in nation that dealt with child abuse, and
the hearing will feature several of the hospital's renowned experts on the
issue, in addition to officials from the state Department of Public Welfare and
the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The hearing is a follow-up to an
August 26th hearing on child abuse. The committee could consider legislation in
the fall. | 
