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File #: 220656-A    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 9/15/2022 In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
On agenda: 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
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 220656-A02, As Amended on Floor.pdf, 2. CertifiedCopy220656-A02
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
1/16/20232 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/15/20222 CITY COUNCIL READ AND PASSEDPass15:1 Action details Meeting details Not available
12/1/20221 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/1/20222 CITY COUNCIL AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/1/20222 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/17/20221 CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/17/20221 CITY COUNCIL READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/17/20221 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/10/20220 Committee on Public Health and Human Services HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/10/20220 Committee on Public Health and Human Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/10/20220 Committee on Public Health and Human Services AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/10/20221 Committee on Public Health and Human Services REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
9/15/20220 CITY COUNCIL Introduced and Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
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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.

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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...

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