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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act providing for notification of patient test results to be sent directly to a patient or the patient's designee; and providing for duties of the Department of Health."
+description: "An Act providing for notification of patient test results to be sent directly to a patient or the patient's designee; and providing for duties of the Department of Health."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1884"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1884 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["M. Quinn"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522b34ae-e8ad-4a67-9986-139841446d10"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1884"
+source_hash: "b03fbb2f442720f4d31612206cb88b121e5155e7f5c9f02503baa3f4060a62c3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 1884 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for notification of patient test results to be sent directly to a patient or the patient's designee; and providing for duties of the Department of Health.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 2639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1884&pn=2639)
+2. **Printer's No. 4107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1884&pn=4107)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **184–3** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1884 PN 4107, CONCUR — **181–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- M. Quinn — primary (person)
+- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Boback — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
+- English — cosponsor (person)
+- Everett — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Grove — cosponsor (person)
+- Harper — cosponsor (person)
+- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tallman — cosponsor (person)
+- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2639 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4107 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/522b34ae-e8ad-4a67-9986-139841446d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+