Creation of Commonwealth Task Force on Domestic or Family Violence; Purpose; Required Report

Creation of Commonwealth Task Force on Domestic or Family Violence; Purpose; Required Report. (a) There is hereby created the Family Violence Task Force. (b) The purpose of this Task Force is to increase the awareness and understanding of domestic or family violence and its consequences and to reduce the incidence of domestic or family violence within the Commonwealth by: (1) Prompting effective strategies for identification of the existence of domestic or family violence and intervention by public and private agencies serving persons who are victims of domestic or family violence; (2) Providing for public education; (3) Facilitating communication between public and private agencies that provide programs for victims of domestic or family violence and programs of intervention for perpetrators; (4) Providing assistance to public and private agencies to develop Commonwealth-wide procedures and community education, including procedures for reviewing fatalities in local communities; and (5) Developing a comprehensive and coordinated plan of data collection concerning domestic or family violence for courts, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, health care practitioners, and other Commonwealth agencies, in consultation with each other and in a manner that protects the identity of victims of domestic and family violence. Source: PL 12-19, § 2 (401).