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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 449.95. Duties of Department of Health

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Publishing of updates.--The Department of Health shall publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin:

(1) Any updates to the list of reportable serious adverse events adopted by the National Quality Forum within 30 days of the update issued by the National Quality Forum.

(2) A citation to the preventable serious adverse events the bulletin published under section 4. 1

(b) Health department responsibility.--In accordance with the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L. 130, No. 48),  2 known as the Health Care Facilities Act, the Department of Health shall be responsible for investigating patient or health payor complaints regarding a health care facility that is seeking payment directly from the patient or health payor for a preventable serious adverse event.

1 35 P.S. § 449.94.
2 35 P.S. § 448.101 et seq.
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