Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed HB 1861 to “allow temporary regulatory flexibilities to continue the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic by requiring the state agencies to issue a final report of the regulatory suspensions and terminations.” The bill allows for additional temporary extensions for regulatory statues, rules and regulations which are in effect on Sept. 30, 2021, to be extended until March 31, 2022, unless they were already terminated by the authority which initially authorized the suspension. The extension includes the following regulatory statutes:
- Regulatory statutes, rules or regulations enforced by the Department of Health.
- Regulatory statutes, rules or regulations enforced by the Department of Human Services.
- Regulatory statutes, rules or regulations enforced by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.