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Act 73 of 2021 (H.B. 1861) - COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority (extension to Mar. 31, 2022)

Administrative Code of 1929 - Temporary Regulatory Flexibility Authority and Definitions, Act of Sep. 30, 2021, P.L. 404, No. 73

General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf · Pennsylvania (State)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
Act of Sept. 30, 2021, P.L. 404, No. 73, amending §§ 2101-F and 2102-F of The Administrative Code of 1929
Issued
2021-09-30 Sept. 30, 2021
Effective
2021-09-30 (retroactive to Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
End
2022-03-31 (later extended by Acts 14 and 30 of 2022) (read as 2022-03-31)
In force
Sept. 30, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs and enumerated other agencies; their regulated entities
Functions reached
  • HR
  • OF
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

(a.1) Additional temporary extensions.--The following suspensions of regulatory statutes, rules and regulations extended under subsection (a) which are in effect on September 30, 2021, are extended until March 31, 2022, unless sooner terminated by the authority which initially authorized the suspension:... (7) Regulatory statutes, rules or regulations enforced by the Department of Health. (8) Regulatory statutes, rules or regulations enforced by the Department of Human Services. (9) Regulatory statutes, rules or regulations enforced by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. (b) Applicability.--... (2) A suspension extended under subsection (a.1) shall be retroactive to September 30, 2021.

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Notes

Enacted on the last day of the third quarter of 2021; its recital that the suspensions were 'in effect on September 30, 2021' is a legislative finding that the emergency regulatory regime ran through the whole quarter. Known correction (b) applied: P.L. 404, No. 73.

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