PRINTER'S NO. 1633
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1110
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY K. WARD, PHILLIPS-HILL, COLLETT, REGAN, MARTIN,
BAKER, STEFANO, ARGALL, BROOKS, DiSANTO AND DINNIMAN,
APRIL 13, 2020
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 13, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500),
entitled "An act providing for the prevention and control of
communicable and non-communicable diseases including venereal
diseases, fixing responsibility for disease prevention and
control, requiring reports of diseases, and authorizing
treatment of venereal diseases, and providing for premarital
and prenatal blood tests; amending, revising and
consolidating the laws relating thereto; and repealing
certain acts," further providing for confidentiality of
reports and records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of the act of April 23, 1956 (1955
P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control
Law of 1955, is amended to read:
Section 15. Confidentiality of Reports and Records.--
(a) Disclosures.--State and local health authorities may not
disclose reports of diseases, any records maintained as a result
of any action taken in consequence of such reports, or any other
records maintained pursuant to this act or any regulations, to
any person who is not a member of the department or of a local
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board or department of health, except [where necessary to carry
out the purposes of this act.] as follows:
(1) Where necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
(2) The department shall release to the governing body of a
county and the county emergency management coordinator the
municipality in which there has been a confirmed case of a
communicable or reportable disease within the past twenty-four
hours.
(b) Research.--State and local health authorities may permit
the use of data contained in disease reports and other records,
maintained pursuant to this act, or any regulation, for research
purposes, subject to strict supervision by the health
authorities to insure that the use of the reports and records is
limited to the specific research purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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