PRINTER'S NO. 779
No. 693 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, DERMODY, THOMAS, COHEN, BELFANTI,
CALTAGIRONE, DePASQUALE, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GIBBONS, JAMES,
KIRKLAND, KOTIK, KULA, MYERS, PALLONE, PRESTON, SOLOBAY,
YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 9, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 9, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), entitled "An
2 act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and
3 duties of the Department of Health; establishing and
4 providing the powers and duties of the State Health
5 Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care
6 Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health
7 Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice;
8 providing for certification of need of health care providers
9 and prescribing penalties," further providing for licensure
10 of health care facilities.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 806 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130,
14 No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by
15 adding a subsection to read:
16 Section 806. Licensure.
17 * * *
18 (b.1) Discharge planning.--As a condition of licensure, a
19 health care facility must develop, implement and administer a
20 physician-approved discharge plan based on a patient's assessed
21 needs, regardless of the setting to which the patient is being
1 discharged.
2 * * *
3 Section 2. The Department of Health shall promulgate
4 regulations to implement the addition of section 806(b.1) of the
5 act.
6 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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