PRINTER'S NO. 2413
No. 1907 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY ROONEY, LAUGHLIN, MELIO, STABACK, VAN HORNE,
DALEY, PRESTON, RUBLEY, CURRY, BOSCOLA, BELARDI, SEYFERT,
YOUNGBLOOD, RAMOS, L. I. COHEN, TRELLO AND M. COHEN,
OCTOBER 9, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
OCTOBER 9, 1997
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," imposing additional duties
21 on the Department of Health relating to chronic fatigue and
22 immune dysfunction syndrome.
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 section
1 to read:
2 Section 2116.1. Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
3 Syndrome.--The Department of Health shall have the power and its
4 duty shall be to implement, using existing structures, Statewide
5 informational outreach programs on chronic fatigue and immune
6 dysfunction syndrome. The programs shall include medical and
7 patient education programs and public awareness campaigns.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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