PRINTER'S NO. 3298
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2704
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY D. WILLIAMS, HOWARD, SHUSTERMAN, MADDEN, HILL-
EVANS, N. NELSON, SAPPEY, OTTEN, BURGOS, CIRESI, INNAMORATO,
KIM, GUENST, KINSEY, FRANKEL, FITZGERALD, CEPHAS, O'MARA AND
DELLOSO, JUNE 22, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 22, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), entitled "An
act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and
duties of the Department of Health; establishing and
providing the powers and duties of the State Health
Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care
Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health
Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice;
providing for certification of need of health care providers
and prescribing penalties," in licensing of health care
facilities, providing for hospital pricing transparency;
providing for acquisition of health care facilities; and
imposing duties on the Department of Health and the Attorney
General.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known
as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 822. Hospital pricing transparency.
(a) Requirement generally.--No later than December 31, 2022,
a hospital or hospital system shall establish, update and
publish on its publicly accessible Internet website a list of
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