PRINTER'S NO. 1840
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1566
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, VENKAT, MADDEN, KINSEY, SANCHEZ, GUENST,
HOHENSTEIN, WARREN, NEILSON, BOROWSKI, GALLAGHER, KHAN,
GREEN, HANBIDGE, SHUSTERMAN AND STURLA, JULY 11, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JULY 11, 2023
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, providing for firearms policy.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known
as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 823. Firearms policy.
(a) Establishment.--A health care facility shall establish
and make publicly accessible a policy regarding the prohibition
or acceptance of the possession of firearms or firearm
accessories, including ammunition, within or on the premises of
the health care facility.
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