SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2589
PRINTER'S NO. 3314
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2219
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY ROWE, LEWIS AND LEWIS DELROSSO, JANUARY 11, 2022
SENATOR ARGALL, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 28, 2022
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," in temporary regulatory flexibility authority,
further providing for COVID-19 regulatory flexibility
authority; and making an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The heading of Article XXI-F of the act of April
9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
1929, AMENDED OR added June 11, 2021 (P.L.56, No.21) AND MARCH
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30, 2022 (P.L.51, NO.14), is amended REENACTED to read:
ARTICLE XXI-F
[TEMPORARY] COVID-19 COVID-19 REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY AUTHORITY
Section 2. Section 2102-F(d)(3) of the act, amended
September 30, 2021 (P.L.404, No.73) AND MARCH 30, 2022 (P.L.51,
NO.14), is amended and the subsection is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 2102-F. COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority.
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(d) Reports.--
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(1.1) No later than March 1, 2022 AUGUST 1, 2022 , each
authority which initially authorized a suspension which was
extended under subsection (a) or (a.1) shall issue an updated
report, which shall be published on the authority's publicly
accessible Internet website.
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(3) A report under this subsection shall include all of
the following:
(i) A list of each suspension which was extended
under subsections (a) and (a.1), (A.1), (A.2) AND (A.3).
The list under this paragraph shall include a reference
to the regulatory statute, order, rule or regulation
which was suspended.
(ii) For each suspension under subparagraph (i)
which was extended under subsection (a):
(A) Whether the extension of the suspension was
terminated under subsection (a) prior to September
30, 2021, and the date of the termination.
(B) Whether the extension of the suspension
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expired on September 30, 2021.
(C) Whether the extension was extended under
subsection (a.1).
(ii.1) For the updated report under paragraph (1.1),
for each suspension under subparagraph (i):
(A) Whether the authority recommends that the
suspension be extended beyond March 31, 2022 AUGUST
31, 2022 .
(B) Whether the authority recommends that the
suspension be enacted permanently into statute or
regulation.
(iii) For the updated report under paragraph (2),
for each suspension under subparagraph (i) which was
extended under subsection (a.1):
(A) Whether the extension of the suspension was
terminated under subsection (a.1) prior to March 31,
2022, and the date of the termination.
(B) Whether the extension of the suspension
expired on March 31, 2022.
(C) WHETHER THE EXTENSION WAS EXTENDED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A.2).
(D) WHETHER THE EXTENSION WAS EXTENDED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A.3).
(E) WHETHER THE AUTHORITY RECOMMENDS THAT THE
POLICY UNDERLYING THE SUSPENSION BE ENACTED
PERMANENTLY INTO STATUTE OR REGULATION. THE AUTHORITY
MAY INCLUDE ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE RECOMMENDATION.
(IV) FOR EACH SUSPENSION UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
WHICH WAS EXTENDED UNDER SUBSECTION (A.2):
(A) WHETHER THE EXTENSION OF THE SUSPENSION WAS
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TERMINATED UNDER SUBSECTION (A.2) PRIOR TO JUNE 30,
2022, AND THE DATE OF THE TERMINATION.
(B) WHETHER THE EXTENSION OF THE SUSPENSION
EXPIRED ON JUNE 30, 2022.
(V) FOR EACH SUSPENSION UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) WHICH
WAS EXTENDED UNDER SUBSECTION (A.3):
(A) WHETHER THE EXTENSION OF THE SUSPENSION WAS
TERMINATED UNDER SUBSECTION (A.3) PRIOR TO THE LAST
DAY THAT THE FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
DECLARATION IS IN EFFECT AND THE DATE OF THE
TERMINATION.
(B) IF APPLICABLE, THE LAST DAY THAT THE FEDERAL
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS IN EFFECT.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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