PENNSYLVANIA, May 13 - PRINTER'S NO. 759

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

633

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, MENSCH, SCAVELLO AND ARGALL,

MAY 13, 2021

REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 13, 2021

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 of the act of April 23, 1956 (1955

P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control

Law of 1955, amended November 3, 2020 (P.L.1093, No.112), is

amended to read:

Section 15. Confidentiality of Reports and Records.--

(a) Except as provided under section 15.1, State and local

health authorities [may not] shall 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

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