PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 268
PRINTER'S NO. 695
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
264
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MUSTIO, WATSON, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, D. COSTA,
MAJOR, KILLION, MARSHALL, CARROLL, BISHOP, PICKETT, O'BRIEN,
PASHINSKI, COHEN, RAVENSTAHL, MILLARD, SCHLOSSBERG, JAMES,
DIAMOND, ZIMMERMAN, V. BROWN, R. BROWN, BOBACK, DEASY, KORTZ,
FARRY, SIMMONS, MURT, STAATS, MATZIE AND FARINA,
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
AN ACT
Providing standards for carbon monoxide alarms in care
facilities; imposing powers and duties on the Department of
Aging, the Department of Health and the Department of Human
Services; and prescribing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Care Facility
Carbon Monoxide Alarms Standards Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Approved carbon monoxide alarm." The term includes:
(1) A single or multiple station carbon monoxide alarm
listed as complying with the Approved American National
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