If you have concerns or views on the bills,
please communicate them to NAMI PA.
Bill Information: To access
a copy of any of the bills mentioned below, go to:
www.legis.state.pa.us or click on the links below.
Then, click on“Session” and then click “Electronic
Bill Room.” Follow the prompts for accessing the actual
bill. At this site, you can obtain the complete text of the
bill, view the cosponsors, and review the latest legislative
activity.
NAMI Position: If NAMI PA has
formed an opinion on a particular bill, that information will
be provided in the description of the bill in thechart below.
If you would like additional legislative information or information
on the bills mentioned below, please contact James W. Jordan,
Jr., Executive Director of NAMI PA.
Act
establishing the Expanded Adult Basic Coverage Insurance Program; making
appropriations; and making related repeals.
Remarks:
Adds behavioral health services, prescription
drugs, and other services to Adult Basic.
Bill History:
05-21-09
H Filed
05-21-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Insurance
06-03-09 H Meeting set for Off the Floor, Room G-50 Irvis,
House Insurance
Amends
Public Welfare Code, repealing Assistance Recipient ID Program provisions;
providing for fingerimaging system & for fraud
detection system; & making editorial Changes.
Amends
Older Adults Protective Services Act further defining "facility";
providing for definitions of "chronic dementia" &
"cognitive impairment" & for certain disclosures to facilities
residents; & making editorial changes.
Amends
the Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists & Professional
Counselors Act further providing for legislative intent, definitions,
licensure, qualification & procedure, etc; & further proscribing
unlawful practice.
Bill History:
04-17-09
H Hearing set for 10:00 a.m., City Hall, 40 East Market Street, House
Professional Licensure
03-31-09 H Discussed in Press Conference
04-17-09 H Public hearing held in committee House Professional Licensure
Amends
Titles 23 (Domestic Relations) & 42 (Judiciary) further providing for
multidisciplinary team; establishing the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary
Response Account; providing for additional DPW duties & for distribution
of funds.
Bill History:
02-10-09
H Filed
02-13-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary
Amends
the act relating to special tax provisions for real property taxes for cities
of the first class further providing for construction, declaration of policy,
definitions & special tax provisions & for limitations.
Remarks:
Definition of disabled person to include mental
impairment.
Bill History:
02-10-09
H Filed
02-13-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Finance
Amends
the act relating to special tax provisions for real property taxes for cities
of the first class further providing for construction, declaration of policy,
definitions & for special tax provisions.
Act
requiring landlords to grant medical access; providing for termination of
residential leases for terminal or mental illness; and making an inconsistent
repeal.
Bill History:
05-06-09
H Voted from committee with request to re-refer to Urban, House Consumer
Affairs
Affairs
05-07-09 H Reported with request to re-refer to Urban Affairs, House Consumer
Affairs
05-07-09 H Rereferred to House Urban Affairs
Amends
Titles 35 (Health & Safety) & 75 (Vehicles), regulating EMS systems;
providing for licensure; conferring powers & duties on the DOH; further
defining "emergency vehicle"; providing for penalties,
distributions & making a related repeal.
03-23-09
H Third consideration
03-23-09 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:190/N: 0)
03-27-09 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Veterans Affairs
& Emergency Prepared.
Amends
Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) further providing for sentencing
generally; providing for drug treatment program; and further providing for
partial confinement.
Amends
Mental Health or Mental Retardation Facility Closure Act providing for
proceeds derived from facility disposition; & establishing the Mental
Health Community Services Account and the Mental Retardation Community
Services Account.
Bill History:
04-01-09
H Filed
04-03-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human
Services
05-12-09 H Discussed in press conference by PA Community Providers
Act
establishing a bill of rights for individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities; and conferring powers and duties on the
Department of Public Welfare.
Bill History:
04-09-09
H Filed
04-13-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human
Services
Amends
the Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists & Professional
Counselors Act further providing for definitions, for license required, for
reciprocity, etc; prohibiting unlicensed practice; further providing for
penalties.
Bill History:
04-09-09
H Filed
04-13-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Professional
Licensure
Amends
The Insurance Company Law, in long-term care, further providing for
definitions & for outline of coverage provisions; providing for adverse
decisions, complaints, utilization review, grievances, etc. & providing
for annual report.
Bill History:
04-09-09
H Filed
04-13-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Insurance
Act
providing for protection of abused, neglected, exploited or abandoned adults;
establishing a uniform Statewide reporting & investigative system for
suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of adults; protective srvs & penalties.
Bill History:
04-20-09
H Filed
04-21-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Aging and Older
Adult Services
Act
establishing the PA Criminal Justice Commission of 2009 as a subcommission under the PCCD to review PA's entire criminal justice system within an 18-month
period, to propose concrete, wide-ranging reforms & reintegrating
ex-offenders.
Bill History:
05-01-09
H Filed
05-04-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary
Act to
provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative
& Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt & the
public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010.
Remarks:
State Budget Bill
Bill History:
05-01-09
H Filed
05-04-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations
05-21-09 H Discussed in public hearing on FY 2009-10 budget, House
Appropriations
Resolution
directing Dept. of Health to conduct a geographic study determining the
accessibility & need for drug & alcohol treatment facilities
throughout PA counties & urging a moratorium on the issuance of new
licenses for facilities.
Act
establishing the Criminal Justice & Mental Health Reinvestment Program;
and providing for powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime
and Delinquency.
Bill History:
01-29-09
S Filed
01-29-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Judiciary
02-24-09 S Discussed in budget hearing with PA Commission on Crime, Senate
Appropriations
and Delinquency
Amends
the Insurance Company Law further providing for conditions subject to which
policies are to be issued; and providing for health insurance coverage for
certain children of insured parents.
Bill History:
05-12-09
H Final Passage (Vote: Y:192/N: 2)
06-01-09 S Signed in the Senate
06-01-09 H Signed in the House
Act
providing for the expiration of certain State-mandated health care insurance
benefits & provisions of acts that impose mandatory covered providers
& persons; for Health Care Cost Containment Council report to General
Assembly.
Bill History:
03-02-09
S Filed
03-02-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Banking and
Insurance
Amends
Social Wkrs, Marriage & Family Therapists &
Prof. Counselors Act, further providing for legislative intent, definitions,
licensing agency, etc., for "Licensed Human Services Professional"
title; & describing unlawful practice.
Bill History:
03-19-09
S Filed
03-19-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Consumer Protection
& Prof. Licensure
Act to
provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative
& Judicial Departments, the public debt & the public schools for the
fiscal year July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
Remarks:
Senate GOP budget; includes same cuts to DPW as
the Governor; additional Medicaid cuts; does not include the carve out
Bill History:
05-26-09
H Discussed at public hearing, House Education
05-26-09 H Discussed in Committee, House Democratic Policy Committee
06-01-09 H Discussed at press conference with Disability Budget
Coalition
Act
establishing the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention Fund; and
providing for the deposit of a portion of the liquor tax into the fund and
for use of fund.
05-11-09
S Filed
05-11-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Public Health and
Welfare
05-12-09 S Discussed in press conference by PA Community Providers
