Pennsylvania HB2292 amends the state's criminal code to allow health care facilities to deny law enforcement entry unless specific conditions are met.
Pennsylvania HB2292 amends Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to modify the offense of obstructing administration of law or other governmental function. The bill allows a health care facility, including an emergency department, to deny or obstruct the entry of a law enforcement officer unless the officer can demonstrate probable cause that a person to be detained, arrested, or taken into custody is on the premises and possesses a judicial warrant for that person.
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