PRINTER'S NO. 1122
No. 987 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, COY, KOSINSKI, TIGUE, COLAIZZO,
J. L. WRIGHT, CARLSON, GANNON, ROBBINS, CORRIGAN, FAIRCHILD,
BURD, TRELLO, McCALL, ARGALL, PISTELLA, BILLOW, E. Z. TAYLOR,
BUNT, ITKIN, PETRARCA, JAMES AND COLAFELLA, APRIL 4, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, APRIL 4, 1989
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 an
21 Alzheimer's disease registry in the Department of Health.
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 to adding a
26 section to read:
1 Section 2122. Alzheimer's Disease Registry.--The Department
2 of Health shall have the power and its duty shall be to
3 establish a Statewide registry for reporting cases of
4 Alzheimer's disease. The information shall be kept confidential
5 and shall be used for demographic and epidemiological studies.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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