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SB 267 - Expands the State Safe Haven Law - Pennsylvania Key Vote

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Title: Expands the State Safe Haven Law

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that expands the state's Safe Haven Law to include urgent care centers as an additional safe haven location in Pennsylvania.

Highlights:

  • Expands the state's Safe Haven Law related to newborn protections to include urgent care centers as an additional safe-haven location in Pennsylvania (Sec. 2-7).

  • Requires health care providers at urgent care centers to do all of the following relating to a newborn accepted under this bill, including, but not limited to (Sec. 6):

    • Take the newborn into protective custody; and

    • Ensure that the newborn is transported to a hospital and placed into the care of a healthcare provider.

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 60 days following passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 8).

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