宾州儿童维权法案10月26日宣布成法 犯罪者缴费设立儿童受害者康复基金
宾夕法尼亚州众议员凯尔·马林斯（Kyle Mullins）与吉姆·里格比（Jim Rigby）10月26日在哈里斯堡宣布，两党合作推动的儿童维权法案已成为法律：众议院第2443号法案上周在州众议院以全票通过，州长乔什·夏皮罗次日签署，成为2026年第84号法案（Act 84）。
新法设立"儿童受害者康复基金"，资金全部来自犯罪者缴费而非纳税人：凡因涉及儿童受害者的罪行被定罪、认罪、不抗辩或进入分流程序者，重罪缴1,000美元、轻罪缴400美元、分流缴250美元；相关缓刑或假释人员另每月缴15美元监管附加费。
基金由宾州犯罪与违法委员会管理，以公式化拨款分配给全州41家获认证的儿童维权中心（CAC），用于法医访谈、医疗评估，并扩展创伤知情心理治疗与家庭维权服务。马林斯表示，这些中心为遭受性侵、身体虐待与剥削的儿童把法医访谈、医疗、维权和治疗集中在一处，但长期资金不足，尤其在农村与服务欠缺地区难以达标扩容。
Pennsylvania Child Advocacy Bill Announced as Law on October 26; Offender Fees Create Child Victim Recovery Fund
Pennsylvania state Reps. Kyle Mullins and Jim Rigby announced in Harrisburg on October 26 that their bipartisan child advocacy legislation has become law. House Bill 2443 received final passage in the state House by a unanimous vote the previous week, and Gov. Josh Shapiro signed it into law the following day as Act 84 of 2026.
The law creates a Child Victim Recovery Fund funded entirely by fees paid by offenders, not taxpayers. Anyone convicted of, pleading guilty or no contest to, or entering diversion for an offense involving a child victim will pay a mandatory fee of $1,000 for a felony, $400 for a misdemeanor or $250 for diversion, and individuals on probation or parole for covered offenses will also pay a $15 monthly supervision surcharge.
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency will administer the fund, distributing formula-based grants to the state's 41 accredited Children's Advocacy Centers for forensic interviews and medical evaluations and to expand trauma-informed mental-health care and family advocacy. Mullins said the centers — which bring forensic interviews, medical exams, therapy and advocacy together under one roof for child victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse and exploitation — have remained chronically underfunded, especially in rural and underserved communities.
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