PRINTER'S NO. 1321
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1019
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, JANUARY 14, 2022
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 14, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in temporary regulatory flexibility authority,
further providing for COVID-19 regulatory flexibility
authority.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2102-F(d) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
amended September 30, 2021 (P.L.404, No.73), is amended to read:
Section 2102-F. COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority.
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(d) Reports.--
(1) No later than November 1, 2021, each authority which
initially authorized a suspension which was extended under
subsection (a) shall issue a report, which shall be published
on the authority's publicly accessible Internet website.
(2) No later than May 1, 2022, each authority which
initially authorized a suspension which was extended under
subsection (a.1) shall issue an updated report, which shall
be published on the authority's publicly accessible Internet
website.
(3) A report under [this subsection] paragraph (1) or
(2) shall include all of the following:
(i) A list of each suspension which was extended
under subsections (a) and (a.1). The list under this
paragraph shall include a reference to the regulatory
statute, order, rule or regulation which was suspended.
(ii) For each suspension under subparagraph (i)
which was extended under subsection (a):
(A) Whether the extension of the suspension was
terminated under subsection (a) prior to September
30, 2021, and the date of the termination.
(B) Whether the extension of the suspension
expired on September 30, 2021.
(C) Whether the extension was extended under
subsection (a.1).
(iii) For each suspension under subparagraph (i)
which was extended under subsection (a.1):
(A) Whether the extension of the suspension was
terminated under subsection (a.1) prior to March 31,
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2022, and the date of the termination.
(B) Whether the extension of the suspension
expired on March 31, 2022.
(4) No later than May 31, 2022, each authority shall
issue a permanent suspension report identifying any
regulatory statute, rule or regulation that was temporarily
suspended pursuant to the declaration that the authority
believes should be considered for a permanent suspension. The
following shall apply:
(i) A report under this paragraph shall include all
of the following:
(A) The citation to the regulatory statute, rule
or regulation that has been identified by the
authority.
(B) The date in which the regulatory statute,
rule or regulation was originally suspended.
(C) Whether the suspension was extended pursuant
to subsection (a).
(D) Whether the suspension was extended pursuant
to subsection (a.1).
(E) Whether the suspension has been terminated
and, if so, the date of termination.
(F) Whether the suspension was terminated by the
authority or operation of law.
(G) Analysis relating to the purpose for
permanently suspending the regulatory statute, rule
or regulation.
(ii) The permanent suspension report under this
paragraph shall be published on the authority's publicly
accessible Internet website and provided to each of the
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individuals listed under subsection (c).
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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