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