Pennsylvania 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 9 R cosponsors

SB 1189 — 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, further providing for definitions and for control measures.

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This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

34 added · 43 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill SB 1189 include new language that specifically addresses control measures for infectious diseases in health facilities. Notably, it emphasizes that individuals who have recently tested positive for a communicable disease must be isolated within the facility, with dedicated staff attending to them. This change is significant as it aims to enhance safety protocols, ensuring that health facilities minimize the risk of spreading infections during outbreaks.

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1764 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of No.
1855 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of No.
WARD, KILLION, ARNOLD, MENSCH, VOGEL, BAKER, STEFANO AND SCAVELLO, JUNE 9, 2020AN, HUTCHINSON, SENATOR BROOKS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AS AMENDED, JULY 15, 2020 AN ACT Amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500), entitled "An act providing for the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases including venereal diseases, fixing responsibility for disease prevention and control, requiring reports of diseases, and authorizing treatment of venereal diseases, and providing for premarital and prenatal blood tests;
WARD, KILLION, ARNOLD, SCHWANK, MENSCH, VOGEL, BAKER AND STEFANO, JUNE 9, 2020YAW, PITTMAN, HUTCHINSON, REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 9, 2020 AN ACT Amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500), entitled "An act providing for the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases including venereal diseases, fixing responsibility for disease prevention and control, requiring reports of diseases, and authorizing treatment of venereal diseases, and providing for premarital and prenatal blood tests;
amending, revising and certain acts," further providing for definitions and for control measures.
amending, revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto;
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
and repealing control measures.rther providing for definitions and for The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
<-- 48) known at the "Health Care Facilities Act." ACT OF JULY 19, <-- 1979 (P.L.130, NO.48), KNOWN AS THE "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACT." * * * Section 2.
48) known at the "Health Care Facilities Act." * * * Section 2.
UPON A PROCLAMATION OF DISASTER <-- EMERGENCY ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR DUE TO A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, AND CONTINUING UNTIL SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF THE PROCLAMATION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, PROCLAMATION OR OPERATION OF LAW, THE SECRETARY MUST:
(1) Ensure no individual who is less than thirty days from testing positive for a communicable disease or who is less than thirty days from being asymptomatic of a communicable disease shall be admitted to a facility without being placed in isolation within the facility with dedicated personnel assigned only to the area of isolation during the period of time in which the personnel is working.
(1) Ensure no individual who is less than thirty days from testing positive for a communicable disease or who is less than thirty days from being asymptomatic of a communicable disease shall be admitted to a facility without being placed in 20200SB1189PN1855 - 2 - isolation within the facility with dedicated personnel assigned only to the area of isolation during the period of time in which the personnel is working.
(2) Ensure facilities are adequately equipped to follow and implement all recommendations and guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the prevention and control of 20200SB1189PN1764 - 2 - a communicable disease within facilities.
(2) Ensure facilities are adequately equipped to follow and implement all recommendations and guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the prevention and control of a communicable disease within facilities.
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The bill amends existing law by updating definitions and refining control measures related to the isolation and admission of individuals with communicable diseases in facilities during a disaster emergency.

  • Section 2

    (d.2) Facility. Any of the following: (1) An assisted living residence as defined under section 1001 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Human Services Code." (2) A personal care home as defined under section 1001 of the "Human Services Code." (3) A long-term care nursing facility as defined under section 802.1 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care Facilities Act."

    This adds a new definition for 'Facility' concerning various types of care homes and nursing facilities.

  • Section 2

    ISOLATION. THE SEPARATION FOR THE PERIOD OF <-- COMMUNICABILITY OF INFECTED PERSONS OR ANIMALS FROM OTHER → (E) ISOLATION. THE SEPARATION FOR THE PERIOD OF COMMUNICABILITY OF INFECTED PERSONS OR ANIMALS FROM OTHER PERSONS OR ANIMALS IN SUCH PLACES AND UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AS WILL PREVENT THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT TRANSMISSION OF THE INFECTIOUS AGENT FROM INFECTED PERSONS OR ANIMALS TO OTHER PERSONS OR ANIMALS WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE OR WHO MAY SPREAD THE DISEASE TO OTHERS. THE TERM INCLUDES COHORTING ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED POSITIVE FOR THE SAME COMMUNICABLE DISEASE THROUGH A LABORATORY TEST.

    This modifies the definition of 'Isolation' to clarify its conditions and practices.

  • Section 5

    ENSURE NO INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS FROM <-- testing positive for a communicable disease or who is less than thirty days from being asymptomatic of a communicable disease → ENSURE THAT NO INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS FROM TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SUBJECT TO THE DISASTER EMERGENCY OR WHO IS LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS FROM BEING ASYMPTOMATIC OF THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SUBJECT TO THE DISASTER EMERGENCY SHALL BE ADMITTED AS A RESIDENT TO A FACILITY WITHOUT BEING PLACED IN ISOLATION WITHIN THE FACILITY WITH DEDICATED PERSONNEL ASSIGNED ONLY TO THE AREA OF ISOLATION DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH THE PERSONNEL IS WORKING.

    This decreases the time frame from thirty days to fourteen days for isolation requirements before admission to a facility.

Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Referred to HEALTH

  2. Third consideration and final passage

  3. PN 2007 Amended on third consideration

  4. Re-reported as committed

  5. Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS

  6. Second consideration

  7. First consideration

  8. PN 1855 Reported as amended

  9. PN 1764 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 239 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (239)

239 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 33 Yea · 16 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 17000
Unaffiliated 14500
Democratic 21101
Total 331601
% of votes cast 66%32%0%2%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
ARNOLD — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BLAKE — Nay
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
FARNESE — Nay
GORDNER — Yea
IOVINO — Nay
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Nay
MENSCH — Yea
REGAN — Yea
SABATINA — Nay
SCARNATI — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
YUDICHAK — Yea
Anthony H. Williams Democratic Nay
Art Haywood Democratic Nay
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Nay
Jay Costa Democratic Not Voting
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Nay
Katie J. Muth Democratic Yea
Lindsey M. Williams Democratic Nay
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Nay
Maria Collett Democratic Nay
Sharif Street Democratic Nay
Steven J. Santarsiero Democratic Nay
Timothy P. Kearney Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Nay
Wayne D. Fontana Democratic Nay
Camera Bartolotta Republican Yea
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Doug Mastriano Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Joe Pittman Republican Yea
Judy Ward Republican Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea
Kim L. Ward Republican Yea
Kristin Phillips-Hill Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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SB 1189 PN 1855, A7150, WARD, KIM AMENDMENT NO. A-7150

Passed 35 Yea · 13 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 17000
Unaffiliated 14500
Democratic 4802
Total 351302
% of votes cast 70%26%0%4%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
ARNOLD — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BLAKE — Nay
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
FARNESE — Nay
GORDNER — Yea
IOVINO — Nay
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Nay
MENSCH — Yea
REGAN — Yea
SABATINA — Nay
SCARNATI — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
YUDICHAK — Yea
Anthony H. Williams Democratic Nay
Art Haywood Democratic Nay
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Nay
Jay Costa Democratic Not Voting
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Nay
Katie J. Muth Democratic Yea
Lindsey M. Williams Democratic Yea
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Yea
Maria Collett Democratic Nay
Sharif Street Democratic Nay
Steven J. Santarsiero Democratic Nay
Timothy P. Kearney Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Not Voting
Wayne D. Fontana Democratic Nay
Camera Bartolotta Republican Yea
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Doug Mastriano Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Joe Pittman Republican Yea
Judy Ward Republican Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea
Kim L. Ward Republican Yea
Kristin Phillips-Hill Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed

Passed 15 Yea · 8 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Unaffiliated 6200
Democratic 0601
Total 15801
% of votes cast 63%33%0%4%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
KILLION — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
BLAKE — Nay
IOVINO — Nay
Art Haywood Democratic Nay
Jay Costa Democratic Not Voting
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Nay
Maria Collett Democratic Nay
Sharif Street Democratic Nay
Steven J. Santarsiero Democratic Nay
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Nay
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Joe Pittman Republican Yea
Kristin Phillips-Hill Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended

Passed 8 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3000
Republican 4000
Democratic 1300
Total 8300
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
BROWNE — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Nay
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Nay
Katie J. Muth Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Nay
Judy Ward Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 1189?
SB 1189 is sponsored by Killion, Arnold, Mensch, Elder A. Vogel (Republican), Tomlinson, Camera Bartolotta (Republican), Scott Martin (Republican), Gene Yaw (Republican), Joe Pittman (Republican), Scott E. Hutchinson (Republican), Patrick J. Stefano (Republican), Scavello, Lisa Baker (Republican), and Kim L. Ward (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1189?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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