Healthcare laws and bills in Pennsylvania

Every bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature that falls inside the Healthcare Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
166bills in scope
Past committee
47past committee
Most recent action
22 October 2026most recent action

Healthcare laws enacted in Pennsylvania in 2026

4 Healthcare bills were enacted in Pennsylvania this year, the latest with a last action on 22 October 2026. They lead the list below.

Healthcare bills in Pennsylvania

7Enacted

40Past committee

3Active in committee

116Introduced or inactive

166 bills in scope

Enacted

7

HB 27An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, providing for surgical smoke evacuation systems.EnactedHB 69An Act amending the act of May 13, 2008 (P.L.139, No.14), known as the Cancer Drug Repository Program Act, further providing for title and short title of act, for definitions, for establishment, for restocking and dispensing of cancer drugs, for storage, distribution and fees and for immunity; providing for annual report, for list of approved participating pharmacies and for limitations; further providing for regulations; and imposing duties on the State Board of Pharmacy.EnactedSB 146An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for extension of use of certain funds; in Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program, further providing for Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program; in cigarette sales and licensing, further providing for definitions and providing for allowable mode of operations for licensed cigarette stamping agents; in joint underwriting association, further providing for fund transfers; providing for food processing residuals; in financially distressed municipalities, further providing for financial recovery; in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund and providing for deep wells and Utica Shale permits and for well plugging; providing for manufacturing and investment tax credit, for Innovate in PA 2.0 Tax Credit and for design build best value; in human services, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for resident care and related costs and for LIFE Program and providing for transition to chip-enabled access cards, for Medical Assistance Reentry Program, for Children's Trust Fund and for medical assistance pharmacy services; in additional keystone opportunity expansion zones, providing for additional zone for shipbuilding and for additional zones; providing for residential revitalization keystone opportunity zones and for violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods; in special funds, further providing for funding and for Pennsylvania Convention Center; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, providing for Veterans' Trust Fund Board and further providing for establishment of special fund and account, for use of fund and for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for deposits and providing for Professional Licensure Augmentation Account; in general budget implementation, further providing for Executive Offices, for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Corrections, for Department of Labor and Industry and for Department of Transportation, providing for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority, for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land, for Multimodal Transportation Fund, for School Safety and Security Fund, for State Gaming Fund, for State Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account and for Public School Employees' Retirement System Restricted Account; in retirement, providing for 2026 special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment, for supplemental annuities for public school employees commencing 2026, for supplemental annuities for State employees commencing 2026 and for payment of supplemental annuity and special ad hoc postretirement adjustment; in electricity load forecast accountability, providing for energy and water reporting and for advanced transmission technologies; in 2025-2026 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Agriculture, for Department of Human Services and for Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; providing for 2026-2027 budget implementation and for 2026-2027 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; in fiscal supplements to statutory programs, providing for amusement tax clarification, for situs for local sales tax for cities of the first class, for situs for local sales tax for counties of the second class, for net income and for housing; abrogating a regulation; making repeals; providing for suspension of pension actuarial notes; and making editorial changes.EnactedSB 507An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts; reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for its composition, powers and duties; providing for the issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates; provided penalties; and making repeals," further providing for definitions, for midwifery and for nurse-midwife license; and providing for certified midwife license.EnactedSB 95An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further providing for definitions, for licensing of pharmacists and for unlawful acts; and providing for price disclosure.EnactedHB 640An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing for managed care organization assessment, for intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability assessments, for hospital assessments, for Statewide quality care assessments and for nursing facility assessment; in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties; in judicial administration, further providing for surcharge and fee; and making repeals .EnactedHB 261An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for conditions subject to which policies are to be issued and for group accident and sickness insurance; and, in community health reinvestment, further providing for definitions.Enacted

Past committee

18 of 40 shown

SB 1403An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for receiving facilities and providing for transportation coverage; and abrogating a regulation.Passed chamberHB 1827An Act providing for medical assistance coverage and insurance coverage of screening, prevention and treatment measures for osteoporosis as a result of menopause.Passed chamberSR 397A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study examining the financial impact of outdated hospital regulations on hospitals in this Commonwealth, the erosion of the scope of practice of physicians in rural areas and measures to preserve physician-led medical practice and improve physician recruitment and retention in rural areas of this Commonwealth.Passed chamberHB 348An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in departmental powers and duties as to licensing, providing for notice of legal representation for medical assistance.Passed chamberSR 238A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on reimbursement rates and workforce issues for shift nursing services provided to individuals under Pennsylvania's Medical Assistance program.Passed chamberSB 1453An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures and providing for ambulatory surgical facility attestation for new services; and abrogating a regulation.Passed committeeSB 965An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program.Passed committeeSB 998An Act providing for the Nurse Education Capacity Expansion Grant Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development.Passed chamberHB 2702An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care cost containment, repealing provisions relating to expiration.Passed chamberHB 1925An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety), 40 (Insurance) and 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for artificial intelligence in facilities, for artificial intelligence use by insurers and for artificial intelligence use by MA or CHIP managed care plans; imposing duties on the Department of Health, the Insurance Department and the Department of Human Services; and imposing penalties.Passed chamberHB 2657An Act providing for the regulation and sale of kratom products; imposing a tax on natural kratom products; establishing the Kratom Regulatory Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Health and the Department of Revenue; and imposing penalties.Passed chamberSB 535An Act amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, further providing for definitions and for genetic counselor.Passed chamberSB 536An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions and for genetic counselor.Passed chamberHB 1460An Act providing for approval from the Department of Health and the Office of Attorney General before certain transactions involving health care entities within this Commonwealth.Passed chamberSB 1145An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Compliance Review and Reporting Program; imposing duties on the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services; and imposing penalties.Passed committeeHB 2653An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for behavioral health care provider access; and imposing penalties.Passed chamberHB 2648An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for health insurance alteration prohibitions.Passed committeeSR 332A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the cost to the Commonwealth associated with the defrayal of health insurance benefit mandates under the Affordable Care Act.Passed committee

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In scope is any bill on the delivery, financing and regulation of health care: coverage mandates, prior authorization and utilization review, Medicaid and state health programmes, hospital finance, licensure and staffing, scope of practice and interstate compacts, telehealth, prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, price transparency and medical debt, behavioral health and substance use treatment, maternal health, long-term care and emergency medical services.

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