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Appropriations Committee unanimously rereports four bills including charity-care form and state candy designation
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Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to rereport four bills to the full House: HB67 (solar access for outdoor laundry), HB79 (uniform charity-care forms), HB309 (medical-practice act amendment for visiting team physicians) and HB1030 (designation of Hershey's Kisses as state candy).
Chairman Harris, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, opened the session and the committee voted to rereport House Bills 67, 79, 309 and 1030 to the floor after unanimous committee approval.
The bills, summarized by the committee executive director, include HB67 amending Title 68 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to allow for outdoor solar access for drying laundry; HB79 requiring the Department of Health to establish uniform financial assistance forms for hospitals that offer charity care; HB309 amending the Medical Practice Act of 1985 to outline an exemption for visiting team physicians; and HB1030 designating Hershey's Kisses as the official state candy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The committee’s executive director read each bill summary into the record. A Republican member of the committee said, “We do not see any significant physical impact from these pieces of legislation. Therefore, all Republicans will be a yes on those 4 bills.” A Democratic member added, “All the Democrats will be, sub voting yes, as well.” The committee chair then announced the bills were passed and rereported to the floor.
The package was considered together by the committee and advanced without amendment. The next procedural step is consideration by the full Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
The meeting record does not include fiscal estimates or detailed amendments in committee for these bills; any fiscal notes or floor amendments would appear in the House docket and committee reports.
