PRINTER'S NO. 3723
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2508
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY SCHLOSSBERG, FARRY, BARRAR, A. DAVIS, DEASY,
DONATUCCI, KINSEY, KIRKLAND, J. McNEILL, READSHAW, SAINATO,
SCHWEYER, THOMAS, BOBACK, HILL-EVANS, DRISCOLL AND SIMS,
JUNE 18, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 18, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for emergency
responder mental wellness and stress management; establishing
the Critical Incident Stress Management Program; providing
for duties of the Secretary of Health and the Department of
Health; in emergency medical services system, further
providing for support of emergency medical services; in
operation of vehicles general provisions, further providing
for EMS costs; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or
utilizing drugs, further providing for Accelerated
Rehabilitative Disposition.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 75A
EMERGENCY RESPONDER MENTAL WELLNESS
AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Sec.
75A01. Definitions.
75A02. Mental wellness and stress management protocol.
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