PRINTER'S NO. 1471
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1359
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, KINSEY, HILL-EVANS, THOMAS, MENTZER,
DRISCOLL, KAIL, POLINCHOCK, CAUSER, OWLETT, STEPHENS, RADER,
GAYDOS, FLOOD, WHEELAND, SANKEY, HELM, GILLESPIE, FRITZ,
R. MACKENZIE, ROZZI, FARRY, KAUFER, LONGIETTI, T. DAVIS,
HARKINS, WARNER, SHUSTERMAN, LEWIS DELROSSO, BOBACK, ECKER,
O'NEAL, JOZWIAK, BROOKS AND SNYDER, MAY 7, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 7, 2021
AN ACT
Establishing the Health Care Heroes and Public Health
Preparedness Program and the Health Care Heroes and Public
Health Preparedness Account to award grants to hospitals
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; providing for
administration of the program and for reporting requirements;
and making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Health Care
Heroes and Public Health Preparedness Act.
Section 2. Findings and declarations.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March
2020, hospitals and health care personnel in this
Commonwealth have faced challenges in administering COVID-19
vaccines, maintaining current operations, providing treatment
to patients with COVID-19, testing, preparing and maintaining
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