PRINTER'S NO. 1206
No. 988 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KITCHEN, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, MUSTO, LAVALLE, COSTA AND FERLO, JUNE 20, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 20, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in judgments and other 3 liens, providing for exemption from certain money judgments 4 of hospitals. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 9 § 8129. Exemption from money judgments of hospitals. 10 (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 11 law to the contrary, in the case of a judgment arising out of 12 services provided at a hospital in which the judgment creditor 13 is the hospital, the aggregate value of the judgment debtor's 14 homestead property shall be exempt from execution under this 15 subchapter. 16 (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, "hospital" 17 shall have the same meaning given to it under section 802.1 of 18 the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health
1 Care Facilities Act.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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