PENNSYLVANIA, August 27 - PRINTER'S NO. 1034

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

834

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, MENSCH, STEFANO, SCHWANK, YUDICHAK AND

SABATINA, AUGUST 27, 2021

REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AUGUST 27, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of October 24, 2018 (P.L.719, No.112), entitled

"An act providing for notification of patient test results to

be sent directly to a patient or the patient's designee; and

providing for duties of the Department of Health," further

providing for definitions, for test results and for duties of

Department of Health.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The definitions of "diagnostic imaging service"

and "significant abnormality" in section 2 of the act of October

24, 2018 (P.L.719, No.112), known as the Patient Test Result

Information Act, are amended and the section is amended by

adding a definition to read:

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:

"Chronic condition." An illness that frequently recurs or

persists for a period in excess of three months.

"Diagnostic imaging service." A medical imaging test

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