Senate 8 Bill Passed by House of Representatives

Contributed by: Lee Kim, Esq.

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Senate Bill 8 was unanimously passed the House of Representatives.  Pending the Governor’s signature, the passage of SB 8 creates the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority to help govern the execution of the strategic plan we submitted to advance health information exchange in the Commonwealth. The objective of this legislation is to establish a self-sustainable e-health network.

For more information:

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=8

http://av.pasenategop.com/Folmer/2012/0412/Folmer-040312-SB8.mp3