House Bill 507
2023-2024 Regular Session
An Act amending the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act, in medical professional liability, providing for informed consent in pelvic, rectal and prostate examinations.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
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Representative Elizabeth Fiedler
D House District 184
Co-Sponsors
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Rep. Liz Hanbidge
D House District 61
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Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
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Rep. Dan Frankel
D House District 23
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Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
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Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver
R House District 108
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Rep. Mark Gillen
R House District 128
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Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155
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Rep. Joe Ciresi
D House District 146
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Rep. Christopher Rabb
D House District 200
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Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
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Rep. Nancy Guenst
D House District 152
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Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
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Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133
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Rep. Maureen Madden
D House District 115
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Rep. Steve Samuelson
D House District 135
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Rep. John Galloway
D House District 140
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Rep. Rick Krajewski
D House District 188
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Rep. Melissa Shusterman
D House District 157
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Rep. Robert Freeman
D House District 136
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Rep. Emily Kinkead
D House District 20
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Rep. Jennifer O'Mara
D House District 165
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Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson
D House District 154
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Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141
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Rep. Dan Williams
D House District 74
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Rep. Darisha K. Parker
D House District 198
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Rep. Joanne Stehr
R House District 107
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Rep. Carol Kazeem
D House District 159
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Rep. MaryLouise Isaacson
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Rep. Christina Sappey
D House District 158
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Rep. Joe Webster
D House District 150
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Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El
D House District 49
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Rep. Ben Waxman
D House District 182
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Rep. Lisa Borowski
D House District 168
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Rep. Jim Haddock
D House District 118
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Rep. Steven Malagari
D House District 53
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Rep. Morgan Cephas
D House District 192
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Rep. Brandon Markosek
D House District 25
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Rep. Mandy Steele
D House District 33
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Rep. Jose Giral
D House District 180
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Rep. Jason Dawkins
D House District 179
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Rep. David Delloso
D House District 162
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Rep. Arvind Venkat
D House District 30
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Rep. Danilo Burgos
D House District 197
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Rep. David Rowe
R House District 85
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Rep. Abigail Salisbury
D House District 34
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Rep. Abby Major
R House District 60
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Rep. Sara Innamorato
D House District 21
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Rep. Louis Schmitt
R House District 79
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Rep. Aerion Abney
D House District 19
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Rep. Robert Merski
D House District 2
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Rep. Dawn Keefer
R House District 92
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Rep. Donna Bullock
D House District 195
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Rep. Melissa Cerrato
D House District 151
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Rep. Mary Jo Daley
D House District 148
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Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194
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Rep. David Zimmerman
R House District 99
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Rep. Paul Takac
D House District 82
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Act No. 31 of 2023, Nov. 21, 2023
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0476 | Referred to Health, March 17, 2023 |
0953 | Reported as amended, April 21, 2023 |
First consideration, April 21, 2023 | |
Laid on the table, April 21, 2023 | |
Removed from table, April 24, 2023 | |
1033 | Second consideration, with amendments, April 25, 2023 |
Re-committed to Appropriations, April 25, 2023 | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 207-208), April 25, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, April 26, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, April 26, 2023 (201-0) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 224-225), April 26, 2023 | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to Health & Human Services, May 3, 2023 | |
Reported as committed, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
First consideration, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
Second consideration, Oct. 25, 2023 | |
2289 | Amended on third consideration, Nov. 13, 2023 |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1016), Nov. 13, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 14, 2023 (50-0) | |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1031-1032), Nov. 14, 2023 | |
In the House | |
Referred to Rules, Nov. 14, 2023 | |
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
House concurred in Senate amendments, Nov. 15, 2023 (203-0) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1598-1599), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
Signed in House, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
Signed in Senate, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
Presented to the Governor, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
Approved by the Governor, Nov. 21, 2023 | |
Act No. 31 of 2023, Nov. 21, 2023 |
Printers Numbers
Amendments
Senate Amendments to Printers Number 1033
House Amendments to Printers Number 953
House Amendments to Printers Number 476
Votes
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
House RULES Committee Vote
House RULES Committee Vote - House Bill 507 PN2289, Re-report Bill As Committed - opens in a new tab
House RULES Committee Vote - House Bill 507 PN2289, Re-report Bill As Committed - opens in a new tab
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - Senate Floor Vote
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - Senate HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Committee Vote
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - House Floor Vote
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
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201 0 - opens in a new tab |
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - House Floor Vote
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - House HEALTH Committee Vote
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - House HEALTH Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
(to consider Senate Bills No. 668, 736 and 828; and House Bill No. 507)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 668, 736 and 828; and House Bill No. 507)
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 155, HB 494, HB 507.
Voting meeting on HB 155, HB 494, HB 507.
Statute References
This bill amends the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.0154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability And Reduction Of Error (Mcare) Act. Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.
![Photo of Senator Sen. Katie Muth](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/1802.jpg?20240411)
Sen. Katie Muth
D Senate District 44
![Photo of Senator Sen. David Argall](https://www.palegis.us/resources/images/members/300/69.jpg?20240411)
Sen. David Argall
R Senate District 29
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House Bill 507
2023-2024 Regular Session
Sponsors
FIEDLER, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, FRANKEL, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHLEGEL CULVER, GILLEN, OTTEN, CIRESI, RABB, SANCHEZ, GUENST, HOHENSTEIN, McNEILL, MADDEN, SAMUELSON, GALLOWAY, KRAJEWSKI, SHUSTERMAN, FREEMAN, KINKEAD, O'MARA, N. NELSON, T. DAVIS, D. WILLIAMS, PARKER, STEHR, KAZEEM, ISAACSON, SAPPEY, WEBSTER, SMITH-WADE-EL, WAXMAN, BOROWSKI, HADDOCK, MALAGARI, CEPHAS, MARKOSEK, STEELE, GIRAL, DAWKINS, DELLOSO, VENKAT, BURGOS, ROWE, SALISBURY, MAJOR, INNAMORATO, SCHMITT, ABNEY, MERSKI, KEEFER, BULLOCK, CERRATO, DALEY, KHAN, ZIMMERMAN, TAKAC
Short Title
An Act amending the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act, in medical professional liability, providing for informed consent in pelvic, rectal and prostate examinations.
Memo Subject
Certificate of Merit in Medical Liability Actions
Actions
0476 | Referred to HEALTH, March 17, 2023 |
0953 | Reported as amended, April 21, 2023 |
First consideration, April 21, 2023 | |
Laid on the table, April 21, 2023 | |
Removed from table, April 24, 2023 | |
1033 | Second consideration, with amendments, April 25, 2023 |
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 25, 2023 | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 207-208), April 25, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, April 26, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, April 26, 2023 (201-0) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 224-225), April 26, 2023 | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, May 3, 2023 | |
Reported as committed, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
First consideration, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
Second consideration, Oct. 25, 2023 | |
2289 | Amended on third consideration, Nov. 13, 2023 |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1016), Nov. 13, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 14, 2023 (50-0) | |
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1031-1032), Nov. 14, 2023 | |
In the House | |
Referred to RULES, Nov. 14, 2023 | |
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
House concurred in Senate amendments, Nov. 15, 2023 (203-0) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1598-1599), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
Signed in House, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
Signed in Senate, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
Presented to the Governor, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
Approved by the Governor, Nov. 21, 2023 | |
Act No. 31 of 2023, Nov. 21, 2023 |
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