THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, FARNESE, BLAKE, McILHINNEY, SCHWANK, HUGHES, GREENLEAF, FERLO AND COSTA, MAY 11, 2012

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 11, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing

for distribution of fee.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2314(c.1) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, added February 14, 2012 (P.L.87, No.13),

is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 2314.  Distribution of fee.

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(c.1)  Additional distributions.--From fees collected under

this chapter and deposited in the fund for 2011 and each year

thereafter:

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(7)  Two million dollars to the Department of Health for

the establishment of a population-based health registry. The

registry shall be used to assess and evaluate the potential

adverse health consequences associated with the drilling of

unconventional wells in this Commonwealth. To establish the

registry, the Department of Health may partner or contract

with other entities. Information in the registry shall be

available to attending physicians on a 24-hour basis,

including access by electronic means. Personal health

information in the registry shall be protected from public

access and shall only be accessible to physicians and shall

not be subject to access under the act of February 14, 2008

(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.