PA House panel seeks ruling on health secretary’s authority to issue school mask order

Republican state lawmakers are taking a different avenue outside of the courts to challenge Pennsylvania Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam’s order requiring masks in schools and child care centers. The House Health Committee on Tuesday voted 15-5 along party lines to send a six-page letter to the little-known Joint Committee on Documents to determine if Beam violated the law by issuing her universal masking order on August 31.

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Source: Penn Live, Sept. 14, 2021.