PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2822
PRINTER'S NO. 2884
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2401
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY WHEELAND, RYAN, HENNESSEY, KEEFER, PICKETT,
KAUFFMAN, M. MACKENZIE, GUENST, SAYLOR, STRUZZI, BROOKS,
BERNSTINE, GROVE, MAJOR AND JAMES, MARCH 16, 2022
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, MARCH 29, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), entitled "An
act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and
duties of the Department of Health; establishing and
providing the powers and duties of the State Health
Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care
Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health
Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice;
providing for certification of need of health care providers
and prescribing penalties," in licensing of health care
facilities, further providing for licensure.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 806(d) of the act of July 19, 1979
(P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, is
amended to read:
Section 806. Licensure.
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(d) Home health care agency regulations.--
(1) In developing rules and regulations for licensure of
home health care agencies the department shall take into
consideration the standards of national accreditation
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