PRINTER'S NO. 2055

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1728 Session of 1981


        INTRODUCED BY FREIND, CUNNINGHAM, MULLEN, PITTS, ROCKS, TRELLO,
           MRKONIC, HORGOS, BLAUM, CIMINI, TADDONIO, GRABOWSKI, WOGAN,
           BELARDI, SERAFINI, CLYMER, A. C. FOSTER, JR., VROON, FEE,
           KENNEDY, MACKOWSKI, TELEK AND GRUPPO, JULY 1, 1981

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, JULY 1, 1981

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
     2     "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
     3     executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
     4     Executive Department thereof and the administrative
     5     departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
     6     including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
     7     Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
     8     authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
     9     departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
    10     duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
    11     officers, and of the several administrative departments,
    12     boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
    13     Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
    14     and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
    15     certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
    16     other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
    17     and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
    18     number and compensation of the deputies and all other
    19     assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
    20     commissions shall be determined," further providing for
    21     powers and duties of the Advisory Health Board.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  Section 2111, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
    25  No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended
    26  by adding a clause to read:


     1     Section 2111.  Advisory Health Board.--The Advisory Health
     2  Board shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
     3     * * *
     4     (e)  To establish standards for presumptions of viability and
     5  of possible viability in accordance with the act of 1981 (P.L.
     6    , No.  ), known as the "Abortion Control Act."
     7     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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