A06034
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,
INNAMORATO, QUINN, MALAGARI AND KORTZ, MAY 14, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 29, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles TITLE 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles)
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general
provisions relating to emergency management services, further
providing for definitions; 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; in miscellaneous provisions, further
providing for immunity from civil liability; 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:
Section 1. The definition of "person" in section 7102 of
Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
read:
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