(a) Submission and content.--The bureau shall submit an annual report to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Professional Licensure Committee of the House of Representatives, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee of the House of Representatives. The report shall include:
(1) The number of military applicants.
(2) The number of military applicants who were approved for licensure.
(3) The number of military applicants who were denied licensure, including data on the reasons for denial.
(4) Data on the licensing board's application processing times for military applicants, including reasons for delays.
(5) Recommendations on ways to improve the licensing board's ability to meet the licensing needs of servicemembers, veterans and military spouses.
(b) Expiration.--This section shall expire six years after the effective date of this section.
APPENDIX TO TITLE 63
PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
(STATE LICENSED)
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Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes
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2020, JULY 1, P.L.575, NO.53
§ 4. Continuation of prior law.
The addition of 63 Pa.C.S. Ch. 31 is a continuation of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48). The following apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 63 Pa.C.S. Ch. 31, all activities initiated under the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 63 Pa.C.S. Ch. 31. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), and which are in effect on the effective date of section 3 of this act shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 63 Pa.C.S. Ch. 31. Contracts, obligations and collective bargaining agreements entered into under the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48).
(2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), any difference in language between 63 Pa.C.S. Ch. 31 and the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48), is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administration and implementation of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.345, No.48).
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the addition of the following provisions:
(i) The definition of "criminal conviction" in 63 Pa.C.S. § 3102.
(ii) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3112.
(iii) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3112.1.
(iv) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3113.
(v) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3114.
(vi) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3115.
(vii) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3116.
(viii) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3117.
(ix) 63 Pa.C.S. § 3118.
Explanatory Note. Act 53 amended section 9124 of Title 18 and added Parts I (Reserved) and II of Title 63.
§ 5. Applicability.
The addition of 63 Pa.C.S. §§ 3112, 3112.1, 3113, 3114, 3115, 3116, 3117 and 3118 shall apply to official acts and matters, including disciplinary matters, related to the issuance of licenses, certificates, registrations or permits by licensing boards or licensing commissions beginning on or after 180 days after the effective date of this section.