PRINTER'S NO. 327
No. 285 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, BELFANTI, BLACKWELL, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
CURRY, DePASQUALE, EACHUS, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY,
GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, JOSEPHS, KING, KULA,
LEACH, MELIO, MUNDY, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYTON, PETRONE,
SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, STABACK, SURRA, SWANGER, VEREB, WALKO AND
YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 7, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 7, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for termination of
3 utility service.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1406(f) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1406. Termination of utility service.
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10 (f) Medical certification.--A public utility shall not
11 terminate service to a premises when a licensed physician or
12 nurse practitioner has certified that the customer or a member
13 of the customer's household is seriously ill or afflicted with a
14 medical condition that will be aggravated by cessation of
15 service. The customer shall obtain a letter from a licensed
16 physician verifying the condition and shall promptly forward it
1 to the public utility. The maximum length of a certificate shall
2 be 90 days unless otherwise specified by the medical
3 certificate. The medical certification procedure shall be
4 implemented in accordance with commission regulations.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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