HB 1997 — An Act imposing a duty on health care facilities to provide patients with autologous blood transfusions and direct allogeneic blood transfusions.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-27
Latest action: — Referred to HEALTH, Oct. 27, 2025
Sponsors
- Wendy Fink (R, PA-94) — sponsor · 2025-10-27
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, PA-69) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- Jamie Walsh (R, PA-117) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
- Kerry A. Benninghoff (R, PA-171) — cosponsor · 2025-10-27
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to HEALTH, Oct. 27, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2525 · 3,060 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2525
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1997
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY FINK, ROAE, METZGAR, WALSH, ZIMMERMAN, KAUFFMAN
AND GILLEN, OCTOBER 27, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 27, 2025
AN ACT
1 Imposing a duty on health care facilities to provide patients
2 with autologous blood transfusions and direct allogeneic
3 blood transfusions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Autologous
8 and Direct Allogeneic Blood Transfusion Act.
9 Section 2. Purpose of act.
10 The purpose of this act is to reduce or eliminate the need
11 for allogeneic blood transfusions, thereby avoiding risks
12 associated with receiving someone else's blood, such as
13 transfusion reactions or the potential transmission of
14 infectious diseases.
15 Section 3. Definitions.
16 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
17 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
18 context clearly indicates otherwise:
1 "Autologous blood transfusion." The process by which an
2 individual donates the individual's own blood solely for the
3 individual's own future use, typically before a scheduled
4 surgery or procedure.
5 "Direct allogeneic blood transfusions." Donation of blood or
6 its components for the purpose of transfusion into a specified
7 individual.
8 "Health care facility." An institution providing health care
9 services. The term includes a hospital, clinic or other
10 inpatient center, outpatient facility or diagnostic or treatment
11 center that is licensed by the Department of Health of the
12 Commonwealth.
13 "Medical procedure." Medical interventions designed to
14 alleviate, manage or cure various health conditions and
15 diseases.
16 Section 4. Autologous blood transfusions and direct allogeneic
17 blood transfusions.
18 A health care facility shall allow an individual on whom a
19 medical procedure is to be performed an autologous blood
20 transfusion or direct allogeneic blood transfusion for the
21 medical procedure if, not less than 72 hours before the
22 scheduled time for the medical procedure, the individual:
23 (1) Notifies the health care facility of the intention
24 to provide an autologous blood transfusion or direct
25 allogeneic blood transfusion for the medical procedure.
26 (2) For a direct allogeneic blood transfusion, provides
27 a list of eligible blood donors.
28 Section 5. Effective date.
29 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Health Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wendy Fink (R, state_lower PA-94) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, state_lower PA-69) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kerry A. Benninghoff (R, state_lower PA-171) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Health Committee · pa-leg