A bill that would make more state reports on COVID-19 and other diseases available to the public was passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a party-line vote Monday. The Republican-backed bill, sponsored by Bucks County’s Rep. Craig Staats, would amend the 1950s-era Disease Prevention and Control Act to allow the public access to all state reports on diseases and any records of actions taken in response to those reports.

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Source: Philly Voice, October 5, 2021.