An 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 Health and its departmental administrative and advisory boards, providing for pelvic floor dysfunction education.

PRINTER'S NO. 1394
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1245
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, FREEMAN,
MADDEN, BURGOS, HOWARD, OTTEN, SANCHEZ, MAYES, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, D. WILLIAMS, KENYATTA, SHUSTERMAN, HOHENSTEIN AND
GREEN, APRIL 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Health
and its departmental administrative and advisory boards,
providing for pelvic floor dysfunction education.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
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section to read:
Section 2120.1. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Education.--The
Department of Health shall have the power, and its duty shall
be, to:
(1) Enter into partnerships with health care providers,
including obstetricians, gynecologists and urologists and
community-based health centers and hospitals to educate
individuals on the symptoms, processes and other issues
surrounding pelvic floor dysfunction and linked or related
conditions.
(2) Create informational materials in electronic and
physical form, in coordination with the partners described in
paragraph (1), which may be distributed to or accessed by
individuals who are determined by a health care provider to be
experiencing or will soon be experiencing pelvic floor
dysfunction and linked or related conditions, including women
who are postpartum. Informational materials under this section
must include:
(i) Symptoms of and treatments for pelvic floor dysfunction
and linked or related conditions.
(ii) Symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction and linked or
related conditions for which an individual would consult a
health care provider.
(iii) The biological processes behind pelvic floor
dysfunction and linked or related conditions.
(iv) Recommendations for women who have given birth to
receive a postpartum pelvic floor assessment.
(v) Other information that the Department of Health deems
necessary to prepare and educate individuals regarding pelvic
floor dysfunction and linked or related conditions.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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