Pennsylvania HB 1269: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, further providing for advisory boards and commissions; and, in powers and duties of the Department of Health and its departmental administrative and advisory boards, establishing the Brain Injury Advisory Board.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1422 PRINTER'S NO. 1649
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1269
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LABS, STENDER, PICKETT, MIHALEK, RIVERA, K.HARRIS
AND WARREN, APRIL 21, 2025
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, MAY 7, 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 administrative organization, further
providing for advisory boards and commissions; and, in powers
and duties of the Department of Health and its departmental
administrative and advisory boards, establishing the Brain
Injury Advisory Board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 203 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended to
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read:
Section 203. Advisory Boards and Commissions.--The following
advisory boards and commissions are placed in and made parts of
the respective administrative departments, as follows:
In the Department of Military Affairs,
State Military Reservation Commission,
In the Department of Environmental Protection,
Citizens Advisory Council;
In the Department of Health,
Advisory Health Board[;],
Brain Injury Advisory Board;
In the Department of Labor and Industry,
Advisory Council on Affairs of the Handicapped,
Advisory Board on Problems of Older Workers,
Policy, Planning and Evaluation Advisory Committee;
In the Department of [Public Welfare] HUMAN SERVICES,
State Board of [Public Welfare] HUMAN SERVICES,
Advisory Committee for the Blind,
Advisory Committee for General and Special Hospitals,
Advisory Committee for Children and Youth,
Advisory Committee for Public Assistance,
Advisory Committee for Mental Health and Mental
Retardation.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 2126.1. Brain Injury Advisory Board.--( a) The Brain
Injury Advisory Board is established within the Department of
Health.
(b) The advisory board shall consist of twenty-five TWENTY-
ONE voting members appointed by the Governor. Members of the
advisory board shall consist of all of REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH
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OF the following:
(1) Family members OR CAREGIVERS of brain injury survivors.
(2) Individuals living with brain injury.
(3) Individuals from Statewide associations that promote the
rights of individuals with disabilities or represent
rehabilitation facilities or individuals with brain injuries.
(4) Individuals from Statewide or community-based
organizations that provide brain injury services or advocacy.
(5) Individuals from Statewide or community-based
organizations involved with injury control or injury prevention
programs.
(6) Veterans who have been diagnosed with brain injury.
(7) Individuals from public and nonprofit private health-
related organizations.
(c) The advisory board shall consist of ad hoc, nonvoting
members. One ad hoc, nonvoting member shall be appointed by each
of the following:
(1) The Secretary of Aging or the secretary's designee.
(2) The Secretary of Corrections or the secretary's
designee.
(3) The Secretary of Education or the secretary's designee.
(4) The Secretary of Health or the secretary's designee.
(5) The Secretary of Human Services or the secretary's
designee.
(6) The Secretary of Labor and Industry or the secretary's
designee.
(7) The Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs or the
secretary's designee.
(8) The Insurance Commissioner or the commissioner's
designee.
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(C) THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF AD HOC, NONVOTING
MEMBERS. ONE AD HOC, NONVOTING MEMBER SHA