Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB27: An 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.
Status: Signed into law, October 22, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and duties of the Department of Health; establishing and providing the powers and duties of the State Health Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice; providing for certification of need of health care providers and prescribing penalties," in licensing of health care facilities, providing for surgical smoke evacuation systems.
From the introduced text, January 8, 2025:
An act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and duties of the Department of Health; establishing and providing the powers and duties of the State Health Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice; providing for certification of need of health care providers and prescribing penalties," in licensing of health care facilities, providing for surgical smoke evacuation systems. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. The act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 809.3. Surgical smoke evacuation systems. (a) Mitigation.--On or before January 1, 2026, or the date that is 90 days after the effective date of this subsection, whichever is later, an ambulatory surgical facility or hospital shall adopt and implement policies to mitigate exposure to surgical smoke through the use of a smoke evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical smoke. Development of the surgical smoke mitigation policy shall be in consultation with the entire surgical team at the facility. The surgical smoke mitigation policy shall be such that the facility may select any smoke evacuation system that accounts for surgical techniques and procedures vital …