PRINTER'S NO. 1342
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1264
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY OWLETT, APRIL 21, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 21, 2021
AN ACT
Regarding the past, present and future response of this
Commonwealth to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the COVID-19
Pandemic Response Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"COVID-19." The novel coronavirus as identified in the
Governor's proclamation of disaster emergency issued on March 6,
2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020).
"COVID-19 vaccine." A vaccine for COVID-19 that has received
an emergency-use authorization from the United States Food and
Drug Administration.
"Personal protective equipment." Gloves, respirators, face
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masks, gowns, face shields or other protective equipment
designed to be worn by individuals to prevent or contain contact
with, or to prevent transmission of, a communicable illness or
the pathogens that cause communicable illness.
Section 3. Administration.
No later than 60 days after the effective date of this
section, the Department of General Services, in consultation
with the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of
Health and the Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency, shall submit a report to the President pro tempore of
the Senate, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority
Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Majority Leader of the House of
Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and
minority chairperson of the State Government Committee of the
House of Representatives, the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the House of Representatives. The report shall
include:
(1) A review of the personal protective equipment
purchased or acquired by the Commonwealth or its agencies in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The review under this
clause must include the following:
(i) The types of personal protective equipment
acquired.
(ii) The number of items of each type of personal
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protective equipment under subparagraph (i).
(iii) The number of items of each type of personal
protective equipment which was distributed prior to the
date of the report.
(iv) The number of items of each type of personal
protective equipment which remains in the possession of
the Commonwealth as of the date of the report.
(v) The amount and source of the money used to
purchase personal protective equipment to address the
COVID-19 pandemic.
(vi) The amount and source of personal protective
equipment donated to, or otherwise acquired by, the
Commonwealth at no charge to address the COVID-19
pandemic.
(2) A review of the number and types of COVID-19
vaccines administered to residents of this Commonwealth.
(3) A review of the number and types of COVID-19 tests
administered to residents of this Commonwealth.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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