S1110B1661A05753 AJB:EJH 05/14/20 #90 A05753
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1110
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE RAPP
Printer's No. 1661
Amend Bill, page 1, line 9, by striking out "definitions and,
FOR"
Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by striking out the period after
"records" and inserting
; and providing for confidentiality provisions during disaster
emergency.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 13 through 21; page 2, lines 1
through 20; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 1. Sections 4 and 15 of the act of April 23, 1956
(1955 P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and
Control Law of 1955, are amended to read:
Amend Bill, page 4, line 6, by inserting after "(a)"
Except as provided under section 15.1,
Amend Bill, page 4, lines 14 through 25, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
(2) Where necessary to inform the public of the risk of a
communicable disease .
Amend Bill, page 5, by inserting between lines 1 and 2
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 15.1. Confidentiality Provisions During D isaster
Emergency.--Upon a proclamation of disaster emergency issued by
the Governor due to a communicable disease, and continuing until
such time the disease is no longer communicable , the following
confidentiality provisions shall apply to information collected
or maintained as a result of the proclamation of disaster
emergency:
(1) The department or local boards or departments of health
shall release to public safety personnel, including coroners,
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medical examiners, 911 centers, law enforcement officers, fire
department personnel and emergency medical services personnel,
the residential address of any individual for whom the
department or local boards or departments of health have
confirmed within the previous twenty-four (24) hours as having
the communicable disease subject to the disaster emergency.
(2) The department or local boards or departments of health
which serves a municipality shall release the information under
clause (1) to the municipality after the total number of cases
of the communicable disease exceeds one-hundred (100) cases
throughout this Commonwealth.
(3) The information provided under clause (1) or (2) shall
only be used for the purpose of delivering or assisting in the
delivery of emergency notification services, death investigation
services and emergency support services. Any person in receipt
of the information provided under clause (1) or (2) shall adhere
to all applicable Federal and State laws, regulations and
confidentiality standards. The information provided under clause
(1) or (2) may only be retained by the public safety personnel
or municipality for forty-five (45) days from the date when
information was provided to the public safety personnel or
municipality by the department or local boards or departments of
health.
(4) The department, in conjunction with requests from the
General Assembly and the board, shall disclose information that
could be beneficial to the public in the prevention of the
communicable disease based on the R-naught (R0) factor of the
communicable disease. The factors shall include, but are not
limited to, the increased risk of contracting the communicable
disease for an individual due to age, gender, race, area of
residency or connection to a health care facility, school or
place of employment. The information under this clause shall be
made available on the publicly accessible Internet websites of
the department or the local boards or departments of health. Any
changes to the information under this clause shall be
communicated in writing to the President pro tempore of the
Senate, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority
Leader and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives no
later than twenty-four (24) hours before the information is made
available on the publicly accessible Internet websites of the
department or the local boards or departments of health.
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