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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1000

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 843 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, RAFFERTY, FERLO, MUSTO, TARTAGLIONE,
           COSTA, LAVALLE AND BROWNE, MAY 8, 2007

        REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, MAY 8, 2007

                                     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," establishing the Office of
    21     Illness Monitoring and Investigation within the Department of
    22     Health; and providing for its powers and duties.

    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 a
    27  section to read:


     1     Section 2126.  Office of Illness Monitoring and
     2  Investigation.--The Office of Illness Monitoring and
     3  Investigation is established within the Department of Health to
     4  study health data of the residents of this Commonwealth for the
     5  purpose of identifying sites having high incidences of illness
     6  and possible external causes, including, but not limited to,
     7  geographic clusters of cancer cases. The office shall work in
     8  conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection and
     9  any other appropriate Commonwealth agency to determine whether
    10  any measurable external reasons may cause such high incidences
    11  of illness and to develop a response.
    12     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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