NOTICES
INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION
Actions Taken by the Commission
[50 Pa.B. 7255]
[Saturday, December 19, 2020]The Independent Regulatory Review Commission met publicly at 10 a.m., Thursday, December 3, 2020, and announced the following:
Actions Taken—Regulations Approved:
Department of Labor and Industry # 12-113: Emergency Backdating (amends 34 Pa. Code, Part II, Chapter 65.43a)
State Board of Dentistry # 16A-4633: Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner Practice Sites (amends 49 Pa. Code § 33.205b)
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Approval Order Public Meeting Held
December 3, 2020Commissioners Voting: George D. Bedwick, Chairperson; John F. Mizner, Esq., Vice Chairperson; John J. Soroko, Esq.; Murray Ufberg, Esq.; Dennis A. Watson, Esq.
Department of Labor and Industry—
Emergency Backdating;
Regulation No. 12-113 (# 3276)On October 27, 2020, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (Commission) received this regulation from the Department of Labor and Industry. This rulemaking amends 34 Pa. Code, Part II, Chapter 65.43a. Notice of proposed rulemaking was omitted for this regulation. Governor Tom Wolf certified the regulation as necessary to meet an emergency on October 23, 2020. This regulation became effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 7, 2020.
This regulation permits backdating of unemployment compensation applications and claim filings, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, for up to 52 weeks. This rulemaking limits the availability of such extended filing to the period from March 6, 2020 through the end of the current ''period of high unemployment'' as defined in the Unemployment Compensation Law 43 P.S. § 815(a.1)(2).
We have determined this regulation is consistent with the statutory authority of the Department (43 P.S. § 761(a)) and the intention of the General Assembly. Having considered all of the other criteria of the Regulatory Review Act, we find promulgation of this regulation is in the public interest.
By Order of the Commission:
This regulation is approved.
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Approval Order Public Meeting Held
December 3, 2020Commissioners Voting: George D. Bedwick, Chairperson; John F. Mizner, Esq., Vice Chairperson; John J. Soroko, Esq.; Murray Ufberg, Esq.; Dennis A. Watson, Esq.
State Board of Dentistry—
Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner Practice Sites;
Regulation No. 16A-4633 (# 3228)On March 12, 2019, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (Commission) received this proposed regulation from the State Board of Dentistry (Board). This rulemaking amends 49 Pa. Code § 33.205b. The proposed regulation was published in the March 23, 2019 Pennsylvania Bulletin with a public comment period ending on April 22, 2019. The final-form regulation was submitted to the Commission on October 29, 2020.
This final-form regulation adds locations where public health dental hygiene practitioners may practice in order to expand access to dental hygiene services, oral health education and referrals to dentists. These locations include medical offices and clinics in dental health professional shortage areas, drug and alcohol treatment facilities, and facilities licensed and regulated by the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.
We have determined this regulation is consistent with the statutory authority of the Board (63 P.S. §§ 122(o) and 130j(b)(10)) and the intention of the General Assembly. Having considered all of the other criteria of the Regulatory Review Act, we find promulgation of this regulation is in the public interest.
By Order of the Commission:
This regulation is approved.
GEORGE D. BEDWICK,
Chairperson
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1789. Filed for public inspection December 18, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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