PRINTER'S NO. 3060
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2544
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, RAPP, FREEMAN, RYAN, BOBACK, RADER,
IRVIN, WHEELAND, LONGIETTI, SAINATO, HERSHEY, DOWLING,
SANKEY, PENNYCUICK, M. MACKENZIE, STURLA, RIGBY, BRIGGS,
STAMBAUGH, STAATS, SCHWEYER, BERNSTINE, McNEILL, SCHLOSSBERG,
MEHAFFIE, THOMAS, DeLUCA, SANCHEZ, STEPHENS, SCHLEGEL CULVER
AND R. BROWN, APRIL 27, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 27, 2022
AN ACT
Establishing the Outpatient Renal Dialysis Facility Qualified
Staff Retention and Recruitment Program within the Department
of Human Services; and making an appropriation.
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 Dialysis
Frontline Worker Relief Act.
Section 2. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the
Commonwealth's health care infrastructure and the dedicated
citizens who care for the sick, the elderly and the infirm.
(2) Those who provide life-sustaining renal dialysis
services to our friends, neighbors and constituents are a
critical segment of frontline health care professionals.
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