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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, V. BROWN, BISHOP, JOSEPHS, WATERS, GOODMAN, CLYMER, MANN, TALLMAN, PAYTON, DALEY, FREEMAN, SCAVELLO, SAINATO, BUXTON, FABRIZIO, MAHONEY, ROEBUCK, READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE AND BRADFORD, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to |
2 | conduct a study determining the accessibility and |
3 | effectiveness of sickle cell disease services currently |
4 | funded by the Department of Health as well as the need for |
5 | additional services to meet the needs of people afflicted |
6 | with sickle cell disease in this Commonwealth. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Short title. |
10 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Sickle Cell |
11 | Disease Program Study Act. |
12 | Section 2. Definitions. |
13 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
14 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
15 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
16 | "Committee." The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. |
17 | "Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth. |
18 | Section 3. Study to be conducted. |
19 | The committee shall conduct a study: |
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1 | (1) To determine the conditions, needs, issues and |
2 | problems related to sickle cell disease and its treatment. |
3 | (2) To determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the |
4 | current sickle cell health care delivery system within this |
5 | Commonwealth. |
6 | (3) To recommend to the General Assembly ways to address |
7 | any inadequacies or failures identified as a result of the |
8 | study and actions that must be taken to ensure that |
9 | appropriate programs and services are available throughout |
10 | this Commonwealth to those who need them. |
11 | Section 4. Report. |
12 | A report on the results of the study from section 3 shall be |
13 | completed within 180 days of the effective date of this section. |
14 | Upon completion of the study, the committee shall submit a copy |
15 | of the report to: |
16 | (1) The General Assembly. |
17 | (2) The department, which shall make the report |
18 | available on the department's Internet website. |
19 | (3) The Legislative Reference Bureau, which shall |
20 | publish the report in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. |
21 | Section 5. Effective date. |
22 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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