PRINTER'S NO. 3111
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2203
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY CEPHAS, KENYATTA, KINSEY, HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS,
McNEILL, YOUNGBLOOD, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT, SHUSTERMAN, WEBSTER
AND T. DAVIS, JANUARY 10, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 10, 2020
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 administration of the act,
further providing for promulgation of rules and regulations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 601 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130,
No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by
adding subsections to read:
Section 601. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
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(c) Regulations for long-term care nursing facilities, which
shall apply to all staff, administration and persons contracted
by the long-term care nursing facility to deliver care, shall
provide the following rights to residents:
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