HB 1245 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Health and its departmental administrative and advisory boards, providing for pelvic floor dysfunction education.

PRINTER'S NO.   1394

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1245
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, FREEMAN,
        MADDEN, BURGOS, HOWARD, OTTEN, SANCHEZ, MAYES, CEPEDA-
        FREYTIZ, D. WILLIAMS, KENYATTA, SHUSTERMAN, HOHENSTEIN AND
        GREEN, APRIL 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 17, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Health
22      and its departmental administrative and advisory boards,
23      providing for pelvic floor dysfunction education.
24      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25   hereby enacts as follows:
26      Section 1.    The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
27   as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
 1   section to read:
 2      Section 2120.1.    Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Education.--The
 3   Department of Health shall have the power, and its duty shall
 4   be, to:
 5      (1)    Enter into partnerships with health care providers,
 6   including obstetricians, gynecologists and urologists and
 7   community-based health centers and hospitals to educate
 8   individuals on the symptoms, processes and other issues
 9   surrounding pelvic floor dysfunction and linked or related
10   conditions.
11      (2)    Create informational materials in electronic and
12   physical form, in coordination with the partners described in
13   paragraph (1), which may be distributed to or accessed by
14   individuals who are determined by a health care provider to be
15   experiencing or will soon be experiencing pelvic floor
16   dysfunction and linked or related conditions, including women
17   who are postpartum. Informational materials under this section
18   must include:
19      (i)    Symptoms of and treatments for pelvic floor dysfunction
20   and linked or related conditions.
21      (ii)    Symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction and linked or
22   related conditions for which an individual would consult a
23   health care provider.
24      (iii)    The biological processes behind pelvic floor
25   dysfunction and linked or related conditions.
26      (iv)    Recommendations for women who have given birth to
27   receive a postpartum pelvic floor assessment.
28      (v)    Other information that the Department of Health deems
29   necessary to prepare and educate individuals regarding pelvic
30   floor dysfunction and linked or related conditions.

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1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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