S1110B1702A07717 MAB:NLG 10/19/20 #90 A07717
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1110
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE FRANKEL
Printer's No. 1702
Amend Bill, page 1, line 9, by inserting after "for" where it
occurs the second time
definitions, for
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Section 1. Section 2(a) of the act of April 21, 1956 (1955
P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control
Law of 1955, is amended and the section is amended by adding a
definition to read:
Section 2. Definitions.--
The following terms, whenever used in this act, have the
meanings indicated in this section, except where the context
indicates a clearly different meaning:
(a) Aerosolized transmission. Person-to-person transmission
of a communicable disease by large or small particles that are
able to remain airborne for a duration of time to allow
infection.
[(a)] (a.1) Board. The State Advisory Health Board.
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Section 2. Sections 4 and 15 of the act are amended to read:
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3
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Emergency.--
(a) Upon a proclamation of disaster emergency issued or
renewed by
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infectious through aerosolized transmission
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PERSONNEL, INCLUDING CORONERS," in line 19, all of lines 20
through 30 on page 5, all of lines 1 through 30 on page 6 and
all of line 1 on page 7 and inserting
, within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving information of a
confirmed case of the communicable disease infectious through
aerosolized transmission subject to the disaster emergency, the
address of the confirmed case to a public safety answering point
as defined in 35 Pa.C.S. ยง 5302 (relating to definitions). The
public safety answering point shall provide the address to law
enforcement officers, fire department personnel and emergency
medical services personnel. Recipients of the address
information under this clause shall only use the information for
the purpose of notifying law enforcement officers, fire
department personnel and emergency medical services personnel
that there has been a case of the communicable disease
infectious through aerosolized transmission subject to the
disaster emergency at the address to which the law enforcement
officers, fire department personnel and emergency medical
services personnel have been called to perform an essential job
function. Law enforcement officers, fire department personnel
and emergency medical services personnel may not use or disclose
address information for any purpose other than to carry out an
essential job function at the given address.
(2) The department or local boards or departments of health
shall release, within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving
information of a confirmed case of the communicable disease
infectious through aerosolized transmission subject to the
disaster emergency, the address of the confirmed case of the
communicable disease subject to the disaster emergency to
coroners and medical examiners in a manner prescribed by the
department. Recipients of the address information under this
clause shall only use the information for the purpose of
notifying staff that there has been a case of the communicable
disease infectious through aerosolized transmission subject to
the disaster emergency at the address to which the coroner,
medical examiner or staff have been called to perform an
essential job function. Coroners, medical examiners and staff
receiving this data may not use or disclose address information
for any purpose other than to carry out an essential job
function at the given address provided under section 1218-B of
the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County
Code.
(3) The department may disclose additional information
determined to be essential to protecting public health and
safety and to prevent the spread of the communicable disease
infectious through aerosolized transmission subject to disaster
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emergency on the factors that determine the basic reproduction
number or R-naught (R0) of the communicable disease . In
determining the additional factors to disclose, the department
shall consider all of the following:
(i) Requests for data from the General Assembly, including,
but not limited to, areas of heightened risk to the residents of
this Commonwealth.
(ii) The factors that contribute to the increased risk of
contracting the communicable disease infectious through
aerosolized transmission for an individual due to age, gender,
race, area of residency or connection to a health care facility,
school or place of employment, population density or other
factors.
(iii) Applicable Federal and State privacy and
confidentiality requirements, including, but not limited to, the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section
shall not apply to cities and counties of the first class for
the duration of the period of proclamation of disaster emergency
issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B.
1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal of the state of disaster
emergency.
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See A07717 in
the context
of SB1110