Official:Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Health Code,” by amending Chapter 6-200, entitled “Preventive Medicine,” to require the reporting of information related to substance use treatment, drug overdose treatment, and related information, to the Department of Public Health, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Domb
Introduced: October 31, 2019
Signed: December 12, 2019
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires hospitals and emergency departments in Philadelphia to report data on substance use treatment and drug overdose cases to the Department of Public Health.
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