City of Philadelphia - File #: 230649

• File #: 230649
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/28/2023
• In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
• Final action: 12/14/2023
• Title: Amending Chapter 6-400 of The Philadelphia Code, to end the unlawful deportation of noncitizen patients by hospitals to the patients' countries of origin without their consent.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Harrity, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Vaughn, Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Lozada
• Indexes: HEALTH CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/22/2023	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/14/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	14:1
11/30/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
11/30/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
11/30/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
11/21/2023	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/21/2023	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
11/21/2023	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
9/28/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL

Title
Amending Chapter 6-400 of The Philadelphia Code, to end the unlawful deportation of noncitizen patients by hospitals to the patients' countries of origin without their consent.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 6-400 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:

TITLE 6. HEALTH CODE

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CHAPTER 6-400. MISCELLANEOUS STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS

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? 6-410. Medical Deportation

(1) Definitions

(a) Committee. The Committee on Public Health and Human Resources, a standing committee of the Philadelphia City Council

(b) Competent. Defined in accordance with 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. ? 5422.

(c) Department. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health

(d) Good Faith Effort. Those efforts, the scope, intensity, and appropriateness of which are designed to create a meaningful process to achieve the objectives of this Chapter

(e) Health Care Facility. Any facility providing clinically related health services, including, but not limited to, a general or special hospital, including psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and cancer treatment facilities.

(f) Hospital. A facility that operates within the city limits of Philadelphia that has an organized medical staff and provides equipment and services primarily for inpatient care to persons who require definitive diagnosis or treatment, or both, for injury, illness, pregnancy, or other disability.

(g) Incompetent. Defined in accordance with 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. ? 5422.

(h) Medical Deportation. The forcible act of medical repatriation without consent, consideration of health insurance eligibility, or consideration of health risks to the patient.

(i) Medical Repatriation. The act of accomplishing or arranging for the physical removal of a noncitizen patient, who is injured or ill, from the United States to another country.

(j) P...