HB 452 — An Act amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, providing for amnesty for disciplinary actions regarding COVID-19 protocols.

PRINTER'S NO.   429

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 452
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, M. BROWN, HAMM, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, D'ORSIE,
        SMITH, COOPER, BARTON, GROVE, ZIMMERMAN, WALSH AND ANDERSON,
        FEBRUARY 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 3, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500),
 2      entitled "An act providing for the prevention and control of
 3      communicable and non-communicable diseases including venereal
 4      diseases, fixing responsibility for disease prevention and
 5      control, requiring reports of diseases, and authorizing
 6      treatment of venereal diseases, and providing for premarital
 7      and prenatal blood tests; amending, revising and
 8      consolidating the laws relating thereto; and repealing
 9      certain acts," providing for amnesty for disciplinary actions
10      regarding COVID-19 protocols.
11      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12   hereby enacts as follows:
13      Section 1.    The act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510,
14   No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control Law of
15   1955, is amended by adding a section to read:
16      Section 20.1.    Amnesty for Disciplinary Actions Regarding
17   COVID-19 Protocols.--
18      Any disciplinary action taken, penalty paid or violation
19   noted in a report of inspection by a local board or department
20   of health, the department or by the Department of Agriculture on
21   a retail food facility as defined in 3 Pa.C.S. § 5702 (relating
 1   to definitions) for failure to comply with any of the following
 2   during the period when the Governor's proclamation of disaster
 3   emergency issued on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644
 4   (March 21, 2020), was in effect shall be removed from the
 5   official record, and in the case of a penalty paid, shall be
 6   refunded:
 7      (1)   The provisions of section 5 or an order by the secretary
 8   under section 5.
 9      (2)   A proclamation or order of the Governor under 35 Pa.C.S.
10   § 7301(f)(7) (relating to general authority of Governor),
11   section 8(a) of the act of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218),
12   entitled "An act creating a Department of Health, and defining
13   its powers and duties," or section 2102(a) of the act of April
14   9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
15   1929, which relates to the novel coronavirus known as "COVID-
16   19."
17      (3)   An order of the secretary under section 8(a) of the act
18   of April 27, 1905 (P.L.312, No.218), entitled "An act creating a
19   Department of Health, and defining its powers and duties,"
20   section 2102(a) or 2106 of The Administrative Code of 1929, or
21   28 Pa. Code § 27.60 (relating to disease control measures),
22   27.61 (relating to isolation), 27.65 (relating to quarantine),
23   27.66 (relating to placarding), 27.67 (relating to movement of
24   persons and animals subject to isolation or quarantine by action
25   of a local health authority or the department) or 27.68
26   (relating to release from isolation or quarantine), which
27   relates to the novel coronavirus known as "COVID-19."
28      (4)   Guidance issued by the department or the Department of
29   Human Services relating to the novel coronavirus known as
30   "COVID-19."

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1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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