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PRINTER'S NO. 3794
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2712
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY BONNER, KAUFFMAN AND ZIMMERMAN, JULY 24, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, JULY 24, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 20, 1974 (P.L.564, No.193), entitled
"An act providing for the increased use of peer review groups
by giving protection to individuals and data who report to
any review group," further providing for definitions and for
confidentiality of review organization's records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2 and 4 of the act of July 20, 1974
(P.L.564, No.193), known as the Peer Review Protection Act, are
amended to read:
Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act:
"Peer review" means the procedure for evaluation by
professional health care providers [of] who possess credentials
equal to or greater than the credentials of the professional
health care providers being evaluated concerning the quality and
efficiency of services ordered or performed by other
professional health care providers, including practice analysis,
inpatient hospital and extended care facility utilization
review, medical audit, ambulatory [care] practice review, claims
review, [and the compliance of a hospital, nursing home or
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convalescent home or other health care facility] quality
improvement review, evaluation of professional health care
provider qualifications and clinical activities for
credentialing purposes, professional health care provider
performance and clinical competency review, morbidity and
mortality review and other compliance review of a hospital,
nursing home or convalescent home or other health care facility
or service operated by a professional health care provider with
the standards set by an association of health care providers and
with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Peer review, as it
applies to veterinarians, shall mean the procedure for
evaluation by licensed doctors of veterinary medicine of the
quality and efficiency of veterinary medicine ordered or
performed by other doctors of veterinary medicine with the
standards set by an association of doctors of veterinary
medicine and with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
"Professional association" includes medical, veterinary,
psychological, nursing, dental, optometric, pharmaceutical,
chiropractic, podiatric organizations and other professional
health care provider organizations having as members at least a
majority of the eligible licentiates in the area or health care
facility or agency served by the particular association.
"Professional health care provider" means:
(1) individuals or organizations who are approved, licensed
or otherwise regulated, educated or trained to practice or
operate in the health care field under the laws of the
Commonwealth or the state in which the professional health care
provider is employed, practices medicine or resides, including,
but not limited to, the following individuals or organizations:
(i) a physician;
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(ii) a dentist;
(iii) a podiatrist;
(iv) a chiropractor;
(v) an optometrist;
(vi) a psychologist;
(vii) a pharmacist;
(viii) a registered or practical nurse;
(ix) a physical therapist;
(x) an administrator of a hospital, nursing or convalescent
home or other health care facility; [or]
(xi) a corporation or other organization operating a
hospital, nursing or convalescent home or other health care
facility; [or]
(xii) a respiratory therapist;
(xiii) a certified nurse midwife;
(xiv) a certified nurse practitioner;
(xv) a physician assistant;
(xvi) a health care student;
(xvii) an ambulatory surgical facility;
(xviii) an administrator of a hospital, nursing or
convalescent home or other health care facility;
(xix) a corporation or system of corporations or other
organization operating a hospital, nursing or convalescent home
or other health care facility; or
(xx) an integrated health system;
(2) individuals licensed to practice veterinary medicine
under the laws of this Commonwealth[.] or the state in which the
professional health care provider is employed, practices
medicine or resides;
(3) a corporation or other organization employing
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individuals listed in paragraph (1) which operates one or more
professional medical or dental group practices but is not
approved, licensed or otherwise regulated to practice or operate
in the health care field under the laws of this Commonwealth or
the state in which the professional health care provider is
employed, practices medicine or resides; or
(4) an individual, corporation or other organization which
employs or otherwise contracts with any person under paragraph
(1) to provide professional health care services