PRINTER'S NO. 3267
No. 2571 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, BOYES, CARN, LAUGHLIN, TRELLO,
SATHER, SANTONI, M. COHEN, ROBERTS, THOMAS, O'BRIEN, DeWEESE,
MICHLOVIC, McGEEHAN, ROEBUCK, KELLER, DONATUCCI, OLASZ,
PETRARCA, PETRONE, STABACK, LAUB, PERZEL, WILLIAMS, MERRY,
ALLEN, B. SMITH, HENNESSEY, SAURMAN, E. Z. TAYLOR, BISHOP,
FARMER, PETTIT, DEMPSEY, KING, NYCE, FICHTER, STERN, CAWLEY,
HASAY, GEIST, CORNELL, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, GLADECK, MASLAND,
BUXTON, GODSHALL, RIEGER, BARLEY, OLIVER, ROHRER, ARMSTRONG,
ZUG, MILLER, ARGALL, LEH, BUTKOVITZ, TOMLINSON, CURRY,
PICCOLA, JAMES, PRESTON, HUGHES, KIRKLAND, RUDY AND SEMMEL,
MARCH 7, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 7, 1994
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," exempting certain hospital
21 projects from certificate of need provisions.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
2 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
3 section to read:
4 Section 2125. Further Exceptions to Certificate of Need.--
5 Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of July 19, 1979
6 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care Facilities Act," in
7 1982, the General Assembly finds that there is a need for the
8 construction of a pediatric hospital in Philadelphia to be
9 constructed by Temple University, and for the relocation and
10 replacement of a children's hospital in Philadelphia, known as
11 the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. The Department of
12 Health shall not require a certificate of need for either of
13 these projects, and both projects are hereby declared to be
14 exempt from the certificate of need provisions of the "Health
15 Care Facilities Act."
16 Section 2. This act shall be retroactive to December 1,
17 1993.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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