---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for licensure; providing for COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority; and making a related repeal."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for licensure; providing for COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority; and making a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2401"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2401 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheeland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf41aa4-3fa1-4d84-804b-7a1ce98a5bfb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2401"
source_hash: "b56a3cec69e73a40276276bc227de42a79fc171c010abf6c33035e0dbc784746"
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 2401 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, further providing for licensure; providing for COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority; and making a related repeal.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 2822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2401&pn=2822)
2. **Printer's No. 2884** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2401&pn=2884)
3. **Printer's No. 2969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2401&pn=2969)
4. **Printer's No. 3331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2401&pn=3331)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2401 PN 2884, 2021 A3837 — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2401 PN 3331, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2401 PN 2969, 2021 A5284, WARD, K. Amendment No. A-5284 — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2401 PN 3331, CONCUR — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2401 PN 3331, PROCEED WITH BILL, BENNINGHOFF — **195–5** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wheeland — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- M. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Major — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2822 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2884 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2969 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3331 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 30 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bf41aa4-3fa1-4d84-804b-7a1ce98a5bfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).