Pennsylvania Child Death Review 

About Us
History:  Pennsylvania began the process of CDR in early 1990 with the support from the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Public Welfare, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  The state review team conducted state level reviews beginning in 1994 until 1998.  During this time, the state team took action on its own recommendations to support the development of community-based teams.  Since 1998, local teams have been county0based and are responsible for conducting reviews of children who have died who were residents of the team's county.  Local Teams make recommendations on prevention strategies to their communities and to the state team. 
Scope and Authority for Review:  Act 87 established the Public Health Child Death Review Act and was signed into law on October 8, 2008.  Act 87 provided for the Pennsylvania Department of Health to establish the Public Health Child Death Review Program which facilitates state and local multi-agency, multidisciplinary teams to examine the circumstances surrounding child deaths with the dual purposes of promoting child safety and of reducing child fatalities.the authority for state and local teams to exist and to conduct review of child deaths.
Purpose:   Act 87, 2008 states that a local child death review teams : Identify factors which pose a risk for injury or death, including modifiable risk factors.  Make Recommendation regarding; the improvement of health and safety policies, the coordination of services and investigations by child welfare agencies, medical officials, law enforcement and other agencies.
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