PRINTER'S NO. 1648
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1123
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, APRIL 20, 2020
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 20, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," providing for COVID-19 emergency provisions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding an
article to read:
ARTICLE XXI-C
COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
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Section 2101-C. Duty of Department of Health.
The Department of Health shall support the efforts of
counties to initiate antibody point-of-contact tests, including
the State health laboratory waiving or covering the needed
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) protocol.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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