A03563
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1459
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SCHLOSSBERG, FARRY, BARRAR, SAINATO, CALTAGIRONE,
CIRESI, FREEMAN, HARKINS, HILL-EVANS, KIRKLAND, KULIK,
MADDEN, McCLINTON, NEILSON, O'MARA, READSHAW, SAPPEY,
SOLOMON, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, OTTEN, DeLUCA, GALLOWAY,
HANBIDGE, HOWARD, SCHWEYER, POLINCHOCK, DAVIDSON, WILLIAMS
AND INNAMORATO, MAY 14, 2019
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles Title 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles)
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for
emergency responder mental wellness and stress management;
establishing the Statewide Critical Incident Stress
Management Program; providing for duties of the Secretary of
Health and the Department of Health; and, in emergency
medical services system, further providing for support of
emergency medical services; in operation of vehicles general
provisions, further providing for EMS costs; and, in driving
after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing
for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 75A
EMERGENCY RESPONDER MENTAL WELLNESS
AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
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