| Bill No. |
Sponsor |
Description |
Date |
Action
|
| HB
27
PN
33 |
Adolph
(R- Delaware) |
Prohibits
a sexually violent predator from living
within 1 ½ miles of a school for children in grades
kindergarten through elementary |
01/29/03 |
House
Judiciary |
| HB 44
PN 3148 |
Oliver (D- Phila.) |
Restores cash benefit and
food stamps to
individuals who became ineligible due
to a
felony drug offense, provided they are in a
rehabilitation program. |
01/29/03
03/05/03
03/06/03
03/11/03
03/13/03
03/25/03
03/26/03
12/19/03
12/19/03
12/22/03
12/23/03 |
House Health & Human
Services
Reported
Referred to Approp.
Passed by House (162-37)
Sen. Health & Welfare
Reported
Senate Appropriations
Reported w/amend.
Passed by Senate (49-0)
House concurred to Senate
amendments Signed into law as Act 44 of
2003
|
| HB
285
PN
323 |
Lynch
(R- Forest) |
Creates
the “Inmate Diversion Act,” which
requires county prisons to establish a forensic intake
classification system to identify inmates who
require extensive social service or medical
intervention in order to reduce recidivism;
appropriates $2.5 million for state’s 50% share
(maximum of $25,000 annually/prison) |
02/15/03 |
House
Judiciary |
| HB
380
PN
444 |
Youngblood
(D-Phila.) |
Providing
for medical consent for a minor by an
adult caregiver |
02/24/03 |
House
Judiciary |
| HB
449
PN
527 |
McNaughton (R-Dauphin) |
Allowing
an parent or legal guardian to allow
another adult to give medical consent on behalf of
a minor |
02/25/03 |
House
Judiciary |
| HB 471
PN 1794 |
Fairchild (R-Snyder) |
The Mental Health Facility
Closure Act,
regulating the closure of mental health
facilities |
02/25/03
04/07/03
04/28/03
05/12/03
05/12/03
05/21/03 |
House State Gov’t
Reported w/amendments
Refer to Appropriations
Reported
Passed w/amendments by vote
of 187-10
Senate Public Health &
Welfare |
| HB
473
PN
551 |
Bishop
(D-Phila.) |
Dealing
with the involuntary committee of drug
dependent persons |
02/25/03 |
House
Judiciary |
| HB
539
PN
633 |
Gannon
(R-Delaware) |
Provides
for a Single Pharmacy Benefits Manager
(PBM) to administer prescription drugs provided
through Medicaid; includes prior authorization of
drugs not on the formulary |
02/26/03 |
House
Health & Human Services |
| HB 648
PN 898 |
Argall (R-Berks) |
Fiscal Year 2003/2004 State
Budget |
03/06/03
03/12/03
03/20/03 |
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by the Governor |
| HB826
PN961 |
Maitland (R-Adams) |
Age of consent for minors.
|
03/11/03 |
Judiciary
Scheduled for consideration
on 12/9/03 |
| HB 865
PN 2587 |
Kenney (R-Phila.) |
Requires
health insurance providers to cover an
individual’s treatment for drug and alcohol addiction
if that treatment is prescribed by a work site-based
employee assistance professional within the existing
benefits coverage. |
03/13/03
06/17/03
09/15/03
09/24/03
|
Health & Human Services
Reported
Passed by House (187-6)
Senate Banking & Insur.
|
| HB 868
PN 1575 |
Turzai |
Providing for coverage of alcohol and drug
abuse and dependency treatment resulting
from court action.
|
03/13/03
04/30/03
05/05/03
05/12/03 |
House Health & Human
Services
Reported w/amendment
Re-committed to Health and
Human Services
Scheduled for Consideration |
| HB
869
PN
1899 |
Kenney
(R-Phila.) |
Requires the Department of
Health’s Bureau of Drug and
Alcohol Programs to establish a grievance procedure to
handle complaints and grievances regarding access and
denial of drug and alcohol treatment services by health
maintenance entities. The new grievance procedure shall
be a one-step, external procedure that settles disputes
within 30 days. The procedure may be initiated by
treatment programs, consumers, facilities or a designee. |
06/03/03
06/17/03
06/24/03
09/09/03
09/29/03
|
House
Health & Human Services
Reported
from Comm.
House
Rules
Reported
from Rules and tabled
House
Appropriations |
| HB 888
PN 2871 |
Vance (R-Cumber.) |
The Pharmaceutical Reform
Act; includes
increased copays for PACE and PACENET
recipients; references to a formulary and
prior authorization procedures
05/15/03 NAMI testified at hearing in
opposition to preferred drug list and access
restrictions
*Bill amended to delete
PDL and therapeutic
interchange which were harmful to persons
with mental illness. Also,
due to efforts of
NAMI and other mental health advocates, a
mental health exemption was included in
House passed bill.
09/09/03 – NAMI PA testified at Senate
hearing
**NAMI supports HB 888,
PN 2871 |
03/13/03
05/14/03
05/15/03
06/02/0306/17/03
06/24/03
08/27/03
09/29/03
10/15/03
10/20/03
10/28/03
10/28/03
11/24/03
11/25/03
11/26/03
|
House Health & Human
Services
2-day Public Hearing NAMI
testified
Reported from Comm.
Passed by House (200-0)
Senate Aging and Youth
Public Hearing
Public Hearing – NAMI
PA testified
Reported from Aging &
Youth Committee
Referred to Appropria.
Reported
Passed by full Senate
House amended
Senate concurred
Signed by the Governor as
Act 37 |
| HB
904
PN
1068 |
Sather
(R-Blair) |
Creates
the “People Improving Lots of Lives for
Pa.’s Health Grant Program;”
purpose is to
provide grants (through DPW) to entities that
develop programs that reduce stigma against
individuals with mental illnesses; appropriates
$8.575 million |
03/18/03 |
House
Health & Human Services |
| HB
996
PN
1169 |
Washington (D-Phila.) |
Requires
school boards to adopt and implement
policies dealing with the use of psychotropic drugs;
prohibits school employees from recommending
use of psychotropic drugs; allows medical
personnel to recommend an evaluation or consult
with medical provider with consent of parent |
03/26/03 |
House
Education |
| HB1016
PN
1191 |
Barrar (R-Delaware) |
Prohibiting
school employees or personnel from
recommending use of psychotropic or
sympathominetic drugs; allows medical personnel
to recommend an evaluation or consult with
medical provider with consent of parent |
04/02/03 |
House
Education |
| HB1024
PN1991 |
Gannon (R-Dela.) |
Amends Insurance Company
Law with regard
to coverage for services to treat mental illness;
an insurer may not count toward the number
of outpatient visits required to be covered
under this subsection an outpatient visit for
the purpose of medication management and
shall cover that outpatient visit under
the
same terms and conditions as it covers
outpatient visits for treatment of physical
illness |
04/02/03 |
House Insurance |
| HB1225
PN
1472 |
Vance
(R-Cumber.) |
Creates
a Pharmacy Best Practices and Cost
Control Advisory Committee within DPW;
requires the secretary to establish a Pharmacy
Best Practices and Cost Control Program for
medical assistance recipients; the program shall
include a preferred drug list, prior authorization,
supplemental rebate program or any other strategy
designed to negotiate lower prices from
manufacturers, education programs, including
counter detailing, requires secretary to evaluate the
benefits of multi-state purchasing (not required to
join)
*Need
to monitor to ensure that preferred drug lists
do not limit access to mental health drugs through
fail-first or other methods that limit access. |
04/24/03 |
House
Health & Human Services |
| HB1434
PN1780 |
Gannon
(R-Delaware) |
Creates a Drug Treatment for Offenders Program |
05/12/03 |
House
Judiciary |
| HB1530
PN2796 |
Petrone (D-Allegheny) |
Creates a MH/MR Staff Member Loan
Forgiveness Program |
06/04/03
10/15/03
12/09/03 |
House
Education
Reported
from Committee
Tabled
Tabled
& Removed |
| HB1589
PN3161 |
Cohen (D-Phila.) |
Restores 90% of the cuts to the Behavioral
Health Services Initiative (BHSI) and 100%
of drug and alcohol; restores 90% funding
for the Human Services Development Fund
(HSDF)
|
06/11/03
10/20/03
10/21/03
10/28/03
10/29/03
12/09/03
12/20/03
12/22/03
12/23/03 |
House Appropriations
Passed by House (143-59)
Senate Appropriations
Reported
Rereferred to Appropria.
Reported w/amend.
Passed by Senate (42-7)
House concurred to Senate
Amendments
Signed into law by Gov.
as Act 9A of 2003 |
| HB1649
PN2084 |
Lynch
(R-Warren) |
Increases state funding to counties for drug and
alcohol programs. |
06/17/03 |
House
Appropriations |
| HB1779
PN2310 |
Crahalla (R-Mont.) |
Increases state funding for drug and alcohol
programs. |
07/01/03 |
House
Appropriations |
| HB1819
PN2513 |
Stetler (D-York) |
Establishes the Barrio Nuevo Latino Behavioral
Health Partnership to be administered by the
Department of Health through the PA Assn. of
Latino Organizations |
08/15/03 |
House
Intergovernmental Affairs |
| HB1887
PN2464 |
DeLuca (D-Allegheny) |
The Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Program creates
a formulary for all taxpayer funded prescription
drug benefits, e.g. Medicaid |
07/18/03 |
House
Health & Human Services |
| HB2036
PN2739 |
Kenney (R-Phila.) |
Provides for Psychiatric Advance Directives;
supported by the PA Mental Health Assn.
and PA Mental Health Consumers Assn. |
