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The Pennsylvania House approved a bill to make more state reports on COVID-19 and other diseases accessible to the public Monday in a party-line vote. The GOP-backed bill, which would amend the 1950's-era Disease Prevention and Control Act, is the latest fight between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans over the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The bill, argued Speaker Bryan Cutler, "would allow us as consumers, as residents, us as patients, to have access to good data so we can make good decisions."
The Pennsylvania House is giving its approval to a bill that would make more data about COVID-19 and other diseases available to the public.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to expand public access to reports about COVID-19 and other diseases passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday after Republicans argued it would help people decide how to react to pandemics and other outbreaks.