HB226

Providing for the protection of patients and medical personnel from health care facility retaliation, for prohibitions, for rebuttable presumptions, for discriminatory treatment, for evidence, for civil penalties and remedies, for criminal penalty, for restitution and damages, for injunctive relief, for peer review activity and for exemption.

Introduced·1/22/25
Introduced Text

Pennsylvania HB226 protects patients and medical personnel from retaliation by health care facilities.

Pennsylvania HB226, known as the Protection of Patients and Medical Personnel from Health Care Facility Retaliation Act, aims to safeguard patients and medical personnel from retaliatory actions by health care facilities. The act prohibits health care facilities from discriminating or retaliating against patients or medical personnel who file grievances, complaints, or reports. It establishes rebuttable presumptions that retaliation occurred if certain actions were taken within specific timeframes. The act outlines civil penalties, restitution, damages, and injunctive relief for violations.

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History

Jan 22, 2025

House

Referred to Judiciary