House Bill 507
2023-2024 Regular Session
An Act amending the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act, in medical professional liability, providing for informed consent in pelvic, rectal and prostate examinations.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
Representative Elizabeth Fiedler
D House District 184
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Liz Hanbidge
D House District 61
Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
Rep. Dan Frankel
D House District 23
Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver
R House District 108
Rep. Mark Gillen
R House District 128
Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155
Rep. Joe Ciresi
D House District 146
Rep. Christopher Rabb
D House District 200
Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
Rep. Nancy Guenst
D House District 152
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133
Rep. Maureen Madden
D House District 115
Rep. Steve Samuelson
D House District 135
Rep. John Galloway
D House District 140
Rep. Rick Krajewski
D House District 188
Rep. Melissa Shusterman
D House District 157
Rep. Robert Freeman
D House District 136
Rep. Emily Kinkead
D House District 20
Rep. Jennifer O'Mara
D House District 165
Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson
D House District 154
Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141
Rep. Dan Williams
D House District 74
Rep. Darisha K. Parker
D House District 198
Rep. Joanne Stehr
R House District 107
Rep. Carol Kazeem
D House District 159
Rep. MaryLouise Isaacson
D House District 175
Rep. Christina Sappey
D House District 158
Rep. Joe Webster
D House District 150
Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El
D House District 49
Rep. Ben Waxman
D House District 182
Rep. Lisa Borowski
D House District 168
Rep. Jim Haddock
D House District 118
Rep. Steven Malagari
D House District 53
Rep. Morgan Cephas
D House District 192
Rep. Brandon Markosek
D House District 25
Rep. Mandy Steele
D House District 33
Rep. Jose Giral
D House District 180
Rep. Jason Dawkins
D House District 179
Rep. David Delloso
D House District 162
Rep. Arvind Venkat
D House District 30
Rep. Danilo Burgos
D House District 197
Rep. David Rowe
R House District 85
Rep. Abigail Salisbury
D House District 34
Rep. Abby Major
R House District 60
Rep. Sara Innamorato
D House District 21
Rep. Louis Schmitt
R House District 79
Rep. Aerion Abney
D House District 19
Rep. Robert Merski
D House District 2
Rep. Dawn Keefer
R House District 92
Rep. Donna Bullock
D House District 195
Rep. Melissa Cerrato
D House District 151
Rep. Mary Jo Daley
D House District 148
Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194
Rep. David Zimmerman
R House District 99
Rep. Paul Takac
D House District 82
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Act No. 31 of 2023, Nov. 21, 2023
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| 0476 | Referred to Health, March 17, 2023 |
| 0953 | Reported as amended, April 21, 2023 |
| First consideration, April 21, 2023 | |
| Laid on the table, April 21, 2023 | |
| Removed from table, April 24, 2023 | |
| 1033 | Second consideration, with amendments, April 25, 2023 |
| Re-committed to Appropriations, April 25, 2023 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 207-208), April 25, 2023 | |
| Re-reported as committed, April 26, 2023 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, April 26, 2023 (201-0) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 224-225), April 26, 2023 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to Health & Human Services, May 3, 2023 | |
| Reported as committed, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
| First consideration, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
| Second consideration, Oct. 25, 2023 | |
| 2289 | Amended on third consideration, Nov. 13, 2023 |
| (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1016), Nov. 13, 2023 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 14, 2023 (50-0) | |
| (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1031-1032), Nov. 14, 2023 | |
| In the House | |
| Referred to Rules, Nov. 14, 2023 | |
| Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
| House concurred in Senate amendments, Nov. 15, 2023 (203-0) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 1598-1599), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
| Signed in House, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
| Signed in Senate, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
| Presented to the Governor, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
| Approved by the Governor, Nov. 21, 2023 | |
| Act No. 31 of 2023, Nov. 21, 2023 |
Printers Numbers
Amendments
Senate Amendments to Printers Number 1033
House Amendments to Printers Number 953
House Amendments to Printers Number 476
Votes
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
House RULES Committee Vote
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House RULES Committee Vote - House Bill 507 PN2289, Re-report Bill As Committed - opens in a new tab
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - Senate Floor Vote
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - Senate HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Committee Vote
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - House Floor Vote
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - House Floor Vote
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - House HEALTH Committee Vote
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - House HEALTH Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
(to consider Senate Bills No. 668, 736 and 828; and House Bill No. 507)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 668, 736 and 828; and House Bill No. 507)
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 155, HB 494, HB 507.
Voting meeting on HB 155, HB 494, HB 507.
Statute References
This bill amends the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.0154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability And Reduction Of Error (Mcare) Act. Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.
Sen. Katie Muth
D Senate District 44
Sen. David Argall
R Senate District 29
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March 20, 2002 (P.L.0154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability And Reduction Of Error (Mcare) Act
House Bill 507
2023-2024 Regular Session
Sponsors
FIEDLER, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, FRANKEL, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHLEGEL CULVER, GILLEN, OTTEN, CIRESI, RABB, SANCHEZ, GUENST, HOHENSTEIN, McNEILL, MADDEN, SAMUELSON, GALLOWAY, KRAJEWSKI, SHUSTERMAN, FREEMAN, KINKEAD, O'MARA, N. NELSON, T. DAVIS, D. WILLIAMS, PARKER, STEHR, KAZEEM, ISAACSON, SAPPEY, WEBSTER, SMITH-WADE-EL, WAXMAN, BOROWSKI, HADDOCK, MALAGARI, CEPHAS, MARKOSEK, STEELE, GIRAL, DAWKINS, DELLOSO, VENKAT, BURGOS, ROWE, SALISBURY, MAJOR, INNAMORATO, SCHMITT, ABNEY, MERSKI, KEEFER, BULLOCK, CERRATO, DALEY, KHAN, ZIMMERMAN, TAKAC
Short Title
An Act amending the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act, in medical professional liability, providing for informed consent in pelvic, rectal and prostate examinations.
Memo Subject
No Pelvic Exams without Consent
Actions
| 0476 | Referred to HEALTH, March 17, 2023 |
| 0953 | Reported as amended, April 21, 2023 |
| First consideration, April 21, 2023 | |
| Laid on the table, April 21, 2023 | |
| Removed from table, April 24, 2023 | |
| 1033 | Second consideration, with amendments, April 25, 2023 |
| Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 25, 2023 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 207-208), April 25, 2023 | |
| Re-reported as committed, April 26, 2023 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, April 26, 2023 (201-0) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 224-225), April 26, 2023 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, May 3, 2023 | |
| Reported as committed, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
| First consideration, Oct. 24, 2023 | |
| Second consideration, Oct. 25, 2023 | |
| 2289 | Amended on third consideration, Nov. 13, 2023 |
| (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1016), Nov. 13, 2023 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, Nov. 14, 2023 (50-0) | |
| (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1031-1032), Nov. 14, 2023 | |
| In the House | |
| Referred to RULES, Nov. 14, 2023 | |
| Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
| House concurred in Senate amendments, Nov. 15, 2023 (203-0) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 1598-1599), Nov. 15, 2023 | |
| Signed in House, Nov. 15, 2023 | |
| Signed in Senate, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
| Presented to the Governor, Nov. 16, 2023 | |
| Approved by the Governor, Nov. 21, 2023 | |
| Act No. 31 of 2023, Nov. 21, 2023 |
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