PRINTER'S NO. 1167
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1017
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, CALTAGIRONE,
KORTZ, KINSEY, FREEMAN, MILLARD AND McCLINTON, APRIL 2, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 2, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), entitled "An
act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and
duties of the Department of Health; establishing and
providing the powers and duties of the State Health
Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care
Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health
Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice;
providing for certification of need of health care providers
and prescribing penalties," in licensing of health care
facilities, providing for nursing services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known
as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 822. Nursing services.
Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary,
during each 24-hour period, a long-term care nursing facility
shall, when totaled for the entire long-term care nursing
facility, provide a minimum of 3.5 hours of direct general
nursing care for each resident of the long-term care nursing
facility.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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