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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1206

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

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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