PRINTER'S NO. 305
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
310
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, FONTANA, FARNESE, L. WILLIAMS AND BROOKS,
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 26, 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 preliminary provisions,
further providing for definitions; providing for organization
and powers and duties of the Health Care Competition
Oversight Board; in licensing of health care facilities,
further providing for definitions, for licensure and for
issuance of license; in general provisions, repeals and
effective date, providing for confidentiality; and making
editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 103 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130,
No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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