PRINTER'S NO. 506
No. 438 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DERMODY, WHEATLEY, SURRA, GEORGE, DePASQUALE,
BUXTON, FAIRCHILD, MANN, MUNDY, SIPTROTH, COHEN, MANDERINO,
HARHAI, CALTAGIRONE, MENSCH, PALLONE, JAMES, YOUNGBLOOD,
FABRIZIO, READSHAW, BELFANTI, CURRY, BENNINGHOFF, WALKO,
STABACK, HORNAMAN, M. O'BRIEN, JOSEPHS, SONNEY, O'NEILL,
GEIST, FRANKEL, SAYLOR, PETRARCA, DALEY, FREEMAN, MYERS AND
SWANGER, FEBRUARY 26, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 26, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for privacy of
21 certain information possessed by State agencies.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
1 section to read:
2 Section 531. Disclosure of Certain Information Prohibited.--
3 (a) No government agency, as defined by 2 Pa.C.S. § 101
4 (relating to definitions), shall sell, disclose or permit access
5 to confidential information, as defined in subsection (b), to a
6 nongovernment agency, business entity or individual unless
7 specifically authorized to do so by law.
8 (b) For purposes of this section, the term "confidential
9 information" shall include data and other information gathered,
10 obtained by or furnished to a government agency by a citizen of
11 this Commonwealth for the purpose of obtaining benefits,
12 qualifying for programs or complying with legal or regulatory
13 requirements administered or implemented by a government agency.
14 (c) All contracts contravening the purpose, intent or
15 substance of this section, to which a government agency is a
16 party, are null and void as of the effective date of this
17 section, including contracts entered into prior to the effective
18 date of this section.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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