PRINTER'S NO. 535
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
563
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, GREINER, ROWE AND LEADBETER,
MARCH 20, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 20, 2023
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," further providing for confidentiality of
reports and records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 15(a) of 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 clause to read:
Section 15. Confidentiality of Reports and Records.--
(a) Except as provided under section 15.1, State and local
health authorities may not disclose reports of diseases, any
records maintained as a result of any action taken in
consequence of such reports, or any other records maintained
pursuant to this act or any regulations, to any person who is
not a member of the department or of a local board or department
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