Bill Title: Further providing for purposes, for definitions, for powers of the Department of Health, for administration and for licensure; providing for compliance with staffing plans and recordkeeping, for work assignment policies and for public disclosure of staffing requirements; further providing for license standards, reliance on accrediting agencies and Federal Government, for medical assistance payments and for civil penalties; and providing for private cause of action and for grants and loan programs for nurse recruitment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-30 - Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [HB147 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Steven Santarsiero [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Petrarca [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tony Payton [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-179	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Payne [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-106	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Pashinski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-121	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Frank Oliver [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-195	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael O'Brien [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-175	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Phyllis Mundy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-120	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nicholas Micozzie [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-163	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anthony Melio [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-141	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Smith [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-156	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael McGeehan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-173	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith McCall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-122	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harry Readshaw [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Siptroth [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-189	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Murphy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Matzie [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Drucker [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-157	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Deasy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Matthew Bradford [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brendan Boyle [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-170	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Yudichak [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jesse White [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Wansacz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-114	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Don Walko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Taylor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-151	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Timothy Solobay [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Marshall [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Mahoney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gene DiGirolamo [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lawrence Curry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-154	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Creighton [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Scott Conklin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Cohen [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-202	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Carroll [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Caltagirone [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-127	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Brennan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-133	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louise Bishop [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-192	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Karen Beyer [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-131	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Belfanti [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-107	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Todd Eachus [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-116	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Florindo Fabrizio [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bryan Lentz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-161	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Deberah Kula [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Babette Josephs [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-182	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Hornaman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Harkins [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gary Haluska [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Richard Grucela [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-137	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Neal Goodman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaret Gibbons [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille George [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-074	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Richard Geist [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Freeman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-136	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Barrar [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-160	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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