City of Philadelphia - File #: 220656-A

• File #: 220656-A
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/15/2022
• In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
• Final action: 12/15/2022
• Title: Adding a new Chapter 6-1400 to The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Privacy of Certain Health Information," to establish privacy protections for information related to reproductive healthcare, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/16/2023	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/15/2022	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	15:1
12/1/2022	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
12/1/2022	2	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
12/1/2022	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
11/17/2022	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
11/17/2022	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
11/17/2022	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
11/10/2022	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/10/2022	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
11/10/2022	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	AMENDED
11/10/2022	1	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
9/15/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred

Title
Adding a new Chapter 6-1400 to The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Privacy of Certain Health Information," to establish privacy protections for information related to reproductive healthcare, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. City Council hereby makes the following findings:

(1) Seeking or providing, or assisting others in the receipt or provision of, reproductive healthcare involves the exercise and enjoyment of the rights secured by the Constitution and laws of Pennsylvania.
(2) Reproductive healthcare is essential to the health of all Philadelphians, including people who can become pregnant and birthing people, and access to such healthcare without fear of harassment or criminal prosecution enables Philadelphians to make the healthiest choices for themselves and their families.
(3) Allowing individuals to access reproductive healthcare and make their own decisions about their bodies, becoming pregnant, and healthcare during pregnancies enables birthing people to make the healthiest choices for themselves and their families.
(4) Birthing people have a right to privacy in making decisions about their pregnancies and bodies.
(5) All Philadelphians have a right to privacy in making decisions about their reproductive health.
(6) All individuals in Pennsylvania have a right to informational privacy under the Pennsylvania Constitution, namely the right to control access to, or the dissemination of, personal information about themselves.
(7) The threat of legal actions or harassment over reproductive healthcare has a detrimental effect on the health of all Philadelphians and their ability to make decisions about their bodies. Reproductive healthcare providers are less likely to render services, helpers are less likely to provide assistance to patients seeking reproductive healthcare, and patients are less likely to access care given the monetary, emotional, an...