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Bill No.
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Sponsor
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Description
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Date
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Action
|
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HB
49
PN
51
|
Petrone
|
MH/MR
Staff Member Loan
Forgiveness
|
01/25/05
|
H.Health&HumanServices
|
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HB 201
PN1120
|
Nailor (R-
|
Moratorum on the
closure of
state mental health or mental
retardation facilities
until
a study can be
performed
|
03/29/05
|
H.
Appropriations
|
|
HB
433
PN
472
|
Maitland
(R-Adams)
|
Amends
the Mental Health
Procedures Act further
refining
and defining conditions for
involuntary
treatment
|
02/14/05
03/15/05
|
H.Health&Human
Services
Reported
w/request to be referred to Judiciary
|
|
HB
499
PN
538
|
Gannon
(R-Delaware)
|
Mental
health insurance parity.
|
02/14/05
|
H.
Insurance
|
|
HB
591
PN
664
|
Barrar
(R-Chester)
|
Prohibits
school officials or
employees from recommending
that a child use psychotropic
or
sympathomimetic drugs.
|
02/16/05
|
H.
Education
|
|
HB 815
PN 848
|
Feese (R- Lycoming)
|
State Budget FY 05-06
*Scheduled to be voted
in
House on 4/11/05
|
03/14/05
03/15/05
|
H. Appropriations
Reported/On Calendar
|
|
HB1233
PN1446
|
Leach
(D-Montco)
|
Mental
Health Courts
|
03/30/05
|
H.
Judiciary
|
|
HR
119
PN
724
|
Bebko-Jones
(D-Erie)
|
A
resolution recognizing youth
mental illness and
suicide as a
state public health crisis and
encouraging
evidence-based
initiatives to screen
children
and youth for mental disorders
to
identify illness and prevent
suicide.
|
03/01/05
|
H.
Health & Human Services
|
|
SB
107
PN
97
|
Mellow
(D-Lackawanna
|
The
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Facility
Security
Act, requires facilities to keep
record of reported crimes.
|
03/31/05
|
S.
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB
213
PN
205
|
Greenleaf
(R-Montco)
|
Amends
the Mental Health
Procedures Act to add
a
section to include assisted
outpatient treatment.
|
02/08/05
|
S.
Public Health & Welfare
|
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SB 229
PN 407
|
Piccola
(R-Dauphin)
|
Imposes a moratorium
on
the closure of MH and MR
facilities until the Legislative
Budget and Finance
Committee can study the
availability of services.
|
02/10/05
03/15/05
04/06/05
|
S.
PublicHealth&Welfare
Reported
Passed by
Senate (26-19)
|
|
SB
315
PN
327
|
Stack
(D-Phila.)
|
Creates the Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Counselor Loan
Forgiveness Program |
02/16/05
|
S.
Education
|
|
SB
371
PN
372
|
Orie
(R-Pitts.)
|
Amends the Mental Health
Procedures Act to provide for
aftercare plans for persons under
treatment prior to discharge from
treatment. |
03/10/05
|
S.PublicHealth&Welfare
|
|
SB
372
PN
373
|
Orie
(R-Pitts.)
|
Amends the Public Welfare
Code
to provide for a grant program for
the empowerment of mental health
clients and family members.
|
03/10/05
|
S.PublicHealth&Welfare
|
|
SB
373
PN
374
|
Orie
(R-Pitts.)
|
Provides for a minimum wage for
full-time MH/MR direct care
workers employed in publicly
funded programs. |
03/10/05
|
S.
PublicHealth&Welfare
|
|
SB
374
PN375
|
Orie
(R-Pitts.)
|
Provides for Mental Health
Courts |
03/10/05
|
S.
Judiciary
|
|
SB
413
PN
438
|
Rhoades
(R-Berks)
|
Creates the MH/MR Staff Member
Loan Forgiveness Program |
03/21/05
|
S.
Education
|
|
SB
415
PN
417
|
Orie
(R-Pitts.)
|
Provides for a Drug Court division |
03/16/05
|
S.
Judiciary
|
|
SR 36
PN 474
|
Orie (R-Pitts.)
|
A Concurrent Resolution
creating a task force to study
the availability and accessibility
of services for persons with
mental illness. |
03/23/04
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S.PublicHealth&Welfare
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