H2455B3693A05439 MSP:JMT 05/04/20 #90 A05439
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2455
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE LAWRENCE
Printer's No. 3693
Amend Bill, page 1, line 25, by striking out "PROCUREMENT AND
DISBURSEMENT" and inserting
plan and reporting
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Amend Bill, page 3, line 7, by striking out ""Health" and
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"Local health
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
"State laboratory." A State Public Health Laboratory as
authorized under section 8(d) of the act of April 27, 1905
(P.L.312, No.218), entitled "An act creating a Department of
Health, and defining its powers and duties."
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Amend Bill, page 3, line 18, by striking out "PROCUREMENT AND
DISBURSEMENT" and inserting
PLAN AND REPORTING
Amend Bill, page 3, lines 26 through 30; page 4, lines 1
through 30; page 5, lines 1 through 18; by striking out all of
said lines on said pages and inserting
"State laboratory." A State Public Health Laboratory as
authorized under section 8(d) of the act of April 27, 1905
(P.L.312, No.218), entitled "An act creating a Department of
Health, and defining its powers and duties.
Section 2102-C. COVID-19 testing plan.
(a) Submission.--Consistent with the Paycheck Protection
Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139),
the Governor or an authorized designee shall submit a plan for
COVID-19 testing to the Secretary of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) Contents.--The plan under subsection (a) shall delineate
goals, beginning after the effective date of this section, for
the remainder of the calendar year 2020, and shall include all
of the following:
(1) The number of tests needed, month-by-month,
including diagnostic, serological and other tests, as
appropriate.
(2) Month-by-month estimates of laboratory and testing
capacity, including capacity related to workforce, equipment
and supplies and available tests.
(3) A description of how the Commonwealth will use
Federal money appropriated for COVID-19 testing, including as
it relates to easing any COVID-19 community mitigation orders
issued by the Governor.
(c) Approval or acceptance.--Upon approval or acceptance of
a plan under this section, the General Assembly shall
appropriate funds for COVID-19 testing as provided under
subsections (d) and (e).
(d) Use of funding.--Funds appropriated under subsection (c)
may be used for any of the following:
(1) Necessary expenses to research, develop, validate,
manufacture, purchase, administer and expand capacity for
COVID-19 tests to effectively monitor and suppress COVID-19,
including molecular, antigen and serological tests.
(2) Manufacturing, procurement and distribution of
tests, testing equipment and testing supplies, including
personal protective equipment needed for administering tests.
(3) The development and validation of rapid, molecular
point-of-care tests and other tests.
(4) Support for workforce and epidemiology.
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(5) Scaling up academic, commercial, public health and
hospital laboratories, health care facilities and community-
based COVID-19 testing sites.
(6) Conducting surveillance and contact tracing.
(7) Supporting development of COVID-19 testing plans.
(e) Testing prioritization.--Individuals who serve an
essential health and safety function or who are at a high-risk
of contracting COVID-19 shall be given initial priority to be
tested. The following shall also be given priority:
(1) Employees of health care providers.
(2) Staff and residents of nursing home facilities,
assisted living residences, personal care homes, hospices and
other congregate care settings.
(3) Staff and recipients of home care providers, home
health care providers, behavioral health care providers,
intellectual disability providers and substance abuse
disorder providers.
(4) Emergency service and public safety personnel.
(5) Employees of any business or industry deemed
essential.
(6) Any other category of individuals who serve an
essential health and safety function or who are at high-risk
of contracting COVID-19.
Section 2103-C. COVID-19 testing reporting.
(a) Testing report required.--Beginning on the day after the
effective date of this section, and each week thereafter, the
Department of Health shall submit a report regarding the
department's testing of COVID-19 to the President pro tempore of
the Senate, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the
Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives and the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(b) Testing report contents.--The report shall contain a
summary of the following information:
(1) The technology and supplies procured or acquired by
the Commonwealth related to COVID-19 testing.
(2) The administrative and operating costs of a State
laboratory related to COVID-19 testing.
(3) The number and type of completed tests by a State
laboratory. This information shall include diagnostic tests
and serology tests.
(4) The number of positive, false positive, negative and
false negative COVID-19 test results from the completed
testing under paragraph (3).
(5) A description of State laboratory COVID-19 testing
limitations, including limitations relating to acquiring
reagents or other components of the testing process.
(6) Demographic test result data, including age, sex,
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race and ethnicity, as provided under subsection (c).
(c) Reporting requirements.--A health care provider ordering
COVID-19 testing shall report, as prescribed by the Department
of Health, a patient's self-reported demographic data including
age, sex, race and ethnicity.
(d) Expiration.--This section shall expire 60 days after the
expiration or termination of the proclamation of disaster
emergency issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at
50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal of the disaster
emergency declaration.
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