PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3740
PRINTER'S NO. 4076
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2516
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY OBERLANDER, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, SCHLOSSBERG,
KLUNK, V. BROWN, TOOHIL, MURT, CHARLTON, NEILSON,
CALTAGIRONE, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, DALEY, JAMES, MENTZER, FEE,
CUTLER, GROVE, TOEPEL, R. BROWN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, ENGLISH,
BOBACK, HAHN, GILLEN, BARBIN, WARD, CEPHAS, BRADFORD AND
CRUZ, JUNE 19, 2018
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
AN ACT
Regulating milk banks that provide donor human milk in this
Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Keystone
Mothers' Milk Bank Act.
Section 2. Legislative intent.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) A mother's own milk is the optimal nutrition for
newborn infants and is a public health goal for the delivery
of food to all infants.
(2) Medically vulnerable infants, including those born
prematurely, with low birth weight or with congenital or
acquired conditions, derive significant health benefits from
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