Bill Information

An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for health information, for consumer protections, for arbitration and settlement provisions, for interest on certain judgments and for certain rights of physicians and patients; abolishing economic loss doctrine in certain actions involving computers; providing for duties and defenses of accountants, for workplace safety and toxic-free workplace actions, for limitations on protective orders and settlement provisions, for whistleblowers protections and for employee terminations; adding exceptions to sovereign and governmental immunity; abolishing the defense of high public official immunity in certain cases; authorizing citizens' suits through the use of private attorney general actions in certain cases; and repealing certain acts.