HB 1685 — An Act amending the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315), known as the Local Health Administration Law, further providing for powers and duties of county departments of health and providing for exception for abatement of asbestos or other similar material.

PRINTER'S NO.   2070

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1685
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY KUZMA, STENDER AND MIHALEK, JULY 1, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JULY 1, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315), entitled
 2      "An act to improve local health administration throughout the
 3      Commonwealth by authorizing the creation, establishment and
 4      administration of single-county or joint-county departments
 5      of health in all counties; exempting certain municipalities
 6      from the jurisdiction of single-county or joint-county
 7      departments of health; permitting the dissolution of
 8      departments or boards of health in certain municipalities;
 9      authorizing State grants to counties which establish
10      departments of health and to certain municipalities if they
11      meet prescribed requirements; conferring powers and duties
12      upon the State Department of Health in connection with the
13      creation, establishment and administration of single-county
14      or joint-county departments of health and administration of
15      the health laws in parts of certain municipalities not
16      subject to the jurisdiction of single-county or joint-county
17      departments of health, and the administration of State
18      grants; and repealing an act which confers health powers upon
19      counties of the first class," further providing for powers
20      and duties of county departments of health and providing for
21      exception for abatement of asbestos or other similar
22      material.
23      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24   hereby enacts as follows:
25      Section 1.    Section 10 introductory paragraph of the act of
26   August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315), known as the Local Health
27   Administration Law, is amended to read:
28      Section 10.    Powers and Duties of County Departments of
 1   Health.--[After] Except as provided in section 10.1, after it
 2   has been established, the county department of health--
 3      * * *
 4      Section 2.   The act is amended by adding a section to read:
 5      Section 10.1.   Exception for abatement of asbestos or other
 6   similar material.--A rule, regulation, standard or penalty
 7   implemented by a county department of health regarding the
 8   abatement of asbestos or other similar material in a building or
 9   structure shall not be applicable to a municipality within the
10   county whose governing body chooses to opt out of the rule,
11   regulation or standard.
12      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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