PRINTER'S NO. 981
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
971
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, HILL-EVANS, KOSIEROWSKI, SANCHEZ,
SCHLOSSBERG, CIRESI, BURGOS, SCHWEYER, ISAACSON AND GALLOWAY,
MARCH 18, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111),
entitled "An act providing for victims' rights; imposing
penalties; establishing remedies; establishing the Office of
Victim Advocate, the Bureau of Victims' Services, the
Victims' Services Advisory Committee, the State Offender
Supervision Fund and other funds; and making repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
and, in services, further providing for establishment of
basic services for victims of crime.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 103 of the act of November 24, 1998
(P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act, is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Hospital." An institution with an organized medical staff
established for the purpose of providing to inpatients, by or
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