PennsylvaniaBill would remove a 10-year expiration for Pennsylvania health care rules
The bill would remove a 10-year expiration clause for Pennsylvania’s health care cost containment chapter and would take effect 60 days after enactment.
What it does
The bill would remove a clause that says the health care cost containment chapter expires 10 years after that clause takes effect.
Argument forRemoving the expiration could help prevent the chapter’s rules from lapsing just because 10 years have passed.
Argument againstWithout a scheduled end date, the chapter’s rules could stay in place unless lawmakers later change them.
More detail
The bill would repeal the chapter’s 10-year expiration clause. The clause applies to Pennsylvania’s health care cost containment chapter. The bill would take effect 60 days after enactment; no calendar date for the chapter’s expiration is stated.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 15Referred to Health & Human ServicesLatest
- Oct 6Third consideration and final passagePassed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Oct 6Re-reported as committedMinor
- Oct 5Re-committed to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded A4324. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded A4323. Result: fail.Lower
- Oct 5Second considerationMinor
- Sep 30Removed from table
- Sep 29Laid on the table
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 29First considerationMinor
- Sep 29Reported as committedMinor
- Jul 14Referred to HealthIntroduced
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