Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SB1453: 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, further providing for ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures and providing for ambulatory surgical facility attestation for new services; and abrogating a regulation.
Status: In committee, October 19, 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…
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
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, further providing for ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures and providing for ambulatory surgical facility attestation for new services; and abrogating a regulation. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 822(c) and (d) of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, are amended to read: Section 822. Ambulatory surgical facility permitted surgical procedures. * * * (c) Permitted surgical procedures.--An ambulatory surgical facility may perform surgical procedures permitted under Federal or State law or regulation and surgical procedures specified on the ASC-CPL [on the effective date of this section] that do not otherwise conflict with State regulations relating to license classification, construction and design standards, personnel, equipment, governance and management and notification requirements. The department may not require an ambulatory surgical facility to request an exception or waiver or receive an approval of …