PRINTER'S NO. 1146
No. 1004 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CORNELL, GODSHALL, RYBAK, G. SNYDER, MARKOSEK, BOYES, TRELLO, COHEN, SAURMAN, DeLUCA, VROON, NAHILL, VEON, OLASZ, PICCOLA, REINARD, HERMAN, J. L. WRIGHT, LASHINGER, BELARDI, BUNT, GEIST, NOYE, LINTON, FOX, KASUNIC, HECKLER, E. Z. TAYLOR, CORRIGAN, ANGSTADT, MICOZZIE, PETRARCA, REBER, STAIRS, LANGTRY, RAYMOND AND ITKIN, APRIL 5, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, APRIL 5, 1989
AN ACT 1 Providing for control and treatment of Lyme disease; and making 2 an appropriation. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Short title. 6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Lyme Disease 7 Prevention and Control Act. 8 Section 2. Purpose. 9 The General Assembly finds that Lyme disease poses a serious 10 threat to the health and welfare of the people of this 11 Commonwealth. It is the intent of this act to provide research 12 for the treatment of Lyme disease and to create greater public 13 awareness of the dangers of the disease and available preventive 14 measures. 15 Section 3. Reporting. 16 Every physician who treats or examines any person who is
1 suffering from or who is suspected of having Lyme disease shall 2 make a prompt report of the disease to the local board of health 3 or to the Department of Health. 4 Section 4. Powers and duties. 5 (a) Department of Health.--The Department of Health shall 6 have the following powers and duties: 7 (1) Promulgate regulations to enforce the requirements 8 of this act. 9 (2) Identify appropriate medical or other facilities to 10 conduct research for the treatment or prevention of Lyme 11 disease. 12 (3) Develop a program of general public information and 13 education regarding Lyme disease, including programs for 14 secondary schools. 15 (4) Establish an obstetrics registry to coordinate the 16 collection of information from pregnant women who have 17 contracted Lyme disease and any neonatal effects. 18 (b) Department of Education.--The Department of Education 19 shall cooperate with the Department of Health to develop a 20 program of education on Lyme disease for secondary schools in 21 this Commonwealth. 22 Section 5. Appropriations. 23 (a) Research.--The sum of $100,000, or as much thereof as 24 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of 25 Health to fund research for the study, treatment or prevention 26 of Lyme disease, including vector control or eradication and 27 related field studies. 28 (b) Education.--The sum of $100,000, or as much thereof as 29 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of 30 Health for the development of the program of public information 19890H1004B1146 - 2 -
1 and education provided for in this act. 2 (c) Secondary school.--The sum of $100,000, or as much 3 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the 4 Department of Education for the development of a program of 5 public information for secondary schools, as provided for in 6 this act. 7 Section 6. Effective date. 8 This act shall take effect immediately. A10L35JRW/19890H1004B1146 - 3 -