| Bill No. |
Sponsor |
Description |
Date |
Action
|
| HB 49
PN 51 |
Petrone |
MH/MR Staff Member
Loan
Forgiveness |
01/25/05
05/03/05
05/11/05
06/06/06 |
Health&HumanServices
Reported
Referred to Appropriations
Reported/HouseCalendar |
| HB 201
PN1120 |
Nailor (R-Cumberland) |
Moratorum on the
closure of
state mental health
or mental
retardation facilities
until a
study can be performed |
02/08/05
03/15/05
03/29/05 |
Health&HumanServices
Reported
H.Appropriations
On Calendar for
Vote |
| 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
PN1651 |
Feese (R- Lycoming) |
State Budget FY
05-06
|
03/14/05
03/15/05
04/13/05
05/09/05 |
H. Appropriations
Reported
Passed by House
(186-12)
Senate Appropriations |
| HB1052
PN1872 |
Smith (R-Armstrong) |
Prevents DPW from
implementing
additional
access restrictions
to
pharmaceuticals;
NAMI
lobbied successfully
to amend the
bill with an
exemption for
mental
health drugs |
03/21/05
04/03/05
05/11/05 |
H.Health&Human
Services
Amended &
Reported
H. Appropriations |
| HB1233
PN1446 |
Leach (D-Montco) |
Mental Health Courts |
03/30/05 |
H. Judiciary |
| HB1307
PN1555 |
Washington (D-Phila._ |
Mental Health Courts |
04/11/05 |
H. Judiciary |
| HB1372
PN1660 |
Fairchild (R-Snyder) |
Regulating the closure of state
operated mental health facilities. |
04/14/05 |
H. Health & Human Services |
| HB1422
PN1717 |
Washington (D-Phila.) |
Requiring school boards to
adopt policies concerning the
use of psychotropic drugs. |
04/26/05 |
H. Education |
| HB1488
PN1831 |
Kenney (R-Phila.) |
Requires health care providers
to provide information relating
to pre- and post-natal
depression to pregnant
women. |
05/03/05
05/03/05
05/10/05
05/24/05 |
H.Health & Human Services
Reported
Passed by House (197-0)
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| HB1500
PN1813 |
Veon (D-Beaver) |
DPW’s proposed
changes to
Medical Assistance
that
limit access
to provider,
inpatient and
outpatient
services and
prescription
drugs through
a PDL and
script limits.
NAMI OPPOSES CAPS
ON SERVICES
AND
ACCCESS
RESTRICTIONS TO
MEDICATIONS
|
05/03/05 |
H.Health&
Human Services |
| 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 |
| 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
04/11/05 |
S. PublicHealth&Welfare
Reported
Passed by Senate
(26-19)
H.Health&HumanServ. |
| 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
05/11/05
06/06/05 |
S. Education
Reported
S. Appropriations |
| SB
415
PN
417 |
Orie
(R-Pitts.) |
Provides for a Drug Court
division |
03/16/05 |
S.
Judiciary |
| SB657
PN751 |
Orie
(R-Pitts.) |
Provides for involuntary
out-patient commitment of
sexually violent predators
and a permanent tracking
device attached to body. |
04/28/05 |
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 |
S.PublicHealth&Welfare |
