HB 451 — An Act amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and duties, providing for amnesty for disciplinary actions regarding COVID-19 protocols.

PRINTER'S NO.   428

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 451
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, GREINER, ROAE, KRUPA, HAMM, JAMES,
        STAATS, CUTLER, KAUFFMAN, BANTA, GROVE, KENYATTA AND SMITH,
        FEBRUARY 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
        FEBRUARY 3, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed))
 2      of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers and
 3      duties, providing for amnesty for disciplinary actions
 4      regarding COVID-19 protocols.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Title 63 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 9   § 3108.1.   Amnesty for disciplinary actions regarding COVID-19
10               protocols.
11      A license, registration, certificate or permit that was
12   suspended or revoked or a disciplinary action taken by a
13   licensing board or licensing commission on a licensee,
14   registrant, certificate holder or permit holder for failure to
15   comply with any of the following during the period in which the
16   Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency issued on March 6,
17   2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020) was in effect
18   shall be reinstated or removed:
 1        (1)   A proclamation or order of the Governor under 35
 2    Pa.C.S. § 7301(f)(7) (relating to general authority of
 3    Governor), section 8(a) of the act of April 27, 1905
 4    (P.L.312, No.218), entitled "An act creating a Department of
 5    Health, and defining its powers and duties," section 2102(a)
 6    of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
 7    Administrative Code of 1929, or section 5 of the act of April
 8    23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease
 9    Prevention and Control Law of 1955, which relates to the
10    novel coronavirus known as "COVID-19."
11        (2)   An order of the Secretary of Health under section
12    8(a) of the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218), entitled
13    "An act creating a Department of Health, and defining its
14    powers and duties," section 2102(a) or 2106 of The
15    Administrative Code of 1929, section 5 of the Disease
16    Prevention and Control Law of 1955 or 28 Pa. Code § 27.60
17    (relating to disease control measures), 27.61 (relating to
18    isolation), 27.65 (relating to quarantine), 27.66 (relating
19    to placarding), 27.67 (relating to movement of persons and
20    animals subject to isolation or quarantine by action of a
21    local health authority or the Department) or 27.68 (relating
22    to release from isolation or quarantine), which relates to
23    the novel coronavirus known as "COVID-19."
24        (3)   Guidance issued by the Department of Health or the
25    Department of Human Services relating to the novel
26    coronavirus known as "COVID-19."
27    Section 2.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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