---
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).