From the Philadelphia Daily News:

Pennsylvania is one of  five states in the nation without an adult-protection law that would allow county or regional agencies to investigate and record incidents of alleged abuse or neglect of adults with intellectual disabilities.

Advocates say that without such a law, those accused of abuse can continue to work in the same field. Adult-protective-services bills have been introduced in the state House and Senate, but both are stuck in committee.

The holdup is frustrating to [Stephen Suroviec, executive director of the Arc of Pennsylvania] and others who say Pennsylvania’s priorities are out of whack, considering that animal-cruelty laws seem to get passed “at the snap of a finger,” he said.

(Philadelphia Daily News photo)

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