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PRINTER'S NO. 1764
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1189
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY K. WARD, KILLION, ARNOLD, SCHWANK, MENSCH, VOGEL,
TOMLINSON, BARTOLOTTA, MARTIN, YAW, PITTMAN, HUTCHINSON,
BAKER AND STEFANO, JUNE 9, 2020
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 9, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500),
entitled "An act providing for the prevention and control of
communicable and non-communicable diseases including venereal
diseases, fixing responsibility for disease prevention and
control, requiring reports of diseases, and authorizing
treatment of venereal diseases, and providing for premarital
and prenatal blood tests; amending, revising and
consolidating the laws relating thereto; and repealing
certain acts," further providing for definitions and for
control measures.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of April 23, 1956 (1955
P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control
Law of 1955, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 2. Definitions.--
The following terms, whenever used in this act, have the
meanings indicated in this section, except where the context
indicates a clearly different meaning:
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(d.2) Facility. Any of the following:
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(1) An assisted living residence as defined under section
1001 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the
"Human Services Code."
(2) A personal care home as defined under section 1001 of
the "Human Services Code."
(3) A long-term care nursing facility as defined under
section 802.1 of the act of Act of July 19, 1979 (P.L. 130, No.
48) known at the "Health Care Facilities Act."
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Section 2. Section 5 of the act is amended to read:
Section 5. Control Measures.--
(a) Upon the receipt by a local board or department of
health or by the department, as the case may be, of a report of
a disease which is subject to isolation, quarantine, or any
other control measure, the local board or department of health
or the department shall carry out the appropriate control
measures in such manner and in such place as is provided by rule
or regulation.
(b) The secretary must:
(1) Ensure no individual who is less than thirty days from
testing positive for a communicable disease or who is less than
thirty days from being asymptomatic of a communicable disease
shall be admitted to a facility without being placed in
isolation within the facility with dedicated personnel assigned
only to the area of isolation during the period of time in which
the personnel is working.
(2) Ensure facilities are adequately equipped to follow and
implement all recommendations and guidelines issued by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services for the prevention and control of
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a communicable disease within facilities.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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