S1110B1659A05376 MSP:JMT 04/29/20 #90 A05376
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1110
Sponsor: SENATOR KILLION
Printer's No. 1659
Amend Bill, page 1, line 9, by striking out "and" and
inserting
, for reports and
Amend Bill, page 1, line 15, by striking out "a definition"
and inserting
definitions
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 20 and 21
(m) Health care facility. As defined in section 103 of the
act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care
Facilities Act.
Amend Bill, page 1, line 21, by striking out "(m)" and
inserting
(n)
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 11 and 12
(o) Personal care home. As defined under section 1001 of the
act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human
Services Code.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 12, by striking out "Section" where
it occurs the second time and inserting
Sections 4 and
Amend Bill, page 2, line 12, by striking out "is" and
inserting
are
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 12 and 13
Section 4. Reports.--
(a) Every physician who treats or examines any person who is
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suffering from or who is suspected of having a communicable
disease, or any person who is or who is suspected of being a
carrier, shall make a prompt report of the disease in the manner
prescribed by regulation to the local board or department of
health which serves the municipality where the disease occurs or
where the carrier resides or to the department if so provided by
regulation.
(b) The department or local boards or departments of health
may require the heads of hospitals and other institutions, the
directors of laboratories, school authorities, the proprietors
of hotels, roentgenologists, lodging houses, rooming houses or
boarding houses, nurses, midwives, householders, and other
persons having knowledge or suspicion of any communicable
disease, to make a prompt report of the disease in a manner
prescribed by regulation to the local board or department of
health which serves the municipality where the disease occurs,
or to the department if so provided by regulation.
(c) Local boards or departments of health shall make reports
of the diseases reported to them to the department at such times
and in such manner as shall be provided for by regulation.
(d) Every physician or every person in charge of any
institution for the treatment of diseases shall be authorized,
upon request of the secretary, to make reports of such diseases
and conditions other than communicable diseases which in the
opinion of the Advisory Health Board are needed to enable the
secretary to determine and employ the most efficient and
practical means to protect and to promote the health of the
people by the prevention and control of such diseases and
conditions other than communicable diseases. The reports shall
be made upon forms prescribed by the secretary and shall be
transmitted to the department or to local boards or departments
of health as requested by the secretary.
(e) In addition to the the requirements under this section,
during a proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the
Governor that is based upon a communicable disease, any
administrator of a health care facility or a personal care home
who has knowledge that a patient or resident is suffering from a
communicable disease related to the disaster emergency shall
make a prompt report of the disease in the manner prescribed by
regulation to the local board or department of health which
serves the municipality where the patient or resident resides or
to the department if so provided by regulation.
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