PRINTER'S NO. 2547
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2178
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, ROTHMAN, ROZZI, PICKETT, KAUFFMAN,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, BOBACK, MERSKI, MILLARD, GILLEN, STAATS,
SMITH, DAY, JAMES, STRUZZI, HENNESSEY AND RAPP,
DECEMBER 22, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, DECEMBER 22, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 29, 2014 (P.L.808, No.83), entitled "An
act establishing a task force on Lyme disease and related
maladies; and providing for powers and duties of the task
force, the Department of Health, the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game
Commission to execute surveillance, prevention and education
strategies," further providing for title of act; and
providing for reports of cases of Lyme disease and related
tick-borne illnesses in deceased individuals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title of the act of June 29, 2014 (P.L.808,
No.83), known as the Lyme and Related Tick-Borne Disease
Surveillance, Education, Prevention and Treatment Act, is
amended to read:
AN ACT
Establishing a task force on Lyme disease and related maladies;
and providing for powers and duties of the task force, the
Department of Health, the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission to
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execute surveillance, prevention and education strategies[.]
and for reports of cases of Lyme disease and related tick-
borne illnesses in deceased individuals.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 5.1. Reports of cases of Lyme disease and related tick-
borne illnesses in deceased individuals.
If a coroner, pathologist, medical examiner or other
individual qualified to conduct an examination of a deceased
individual discovers, at the time of death, that the deceased
individual was infected with Lyme disease or a related tick-
borne illness, the coroner, pathologist, medical examiner or
other individual shall promptly report the case to the
department or a local department of health in a manner specified
by the secretary.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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