PRINTER'S NO. 3524
No. 2655 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, FISHER, RHODES, SPENCER AND BERSON,
JUNE 11, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, JUNE 11, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for the
21 inspection of medical facilities in State prisons by the
22 Department of Health.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
1 Section 2117. Inspection of Medical Facilities in State
2 Prisons.--The Department of Health shall, in the manner provided
3 by law for the inspection of hospitals, inspect medical and
4 health facilities in State prisons and other State correctional
5 institutions.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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