|
Bill No. |
Sponsor |
Description |
Date |
Action
|
|
HB 49
PN2108 |
Petrone |
MH/MR Staff Member
Loan
Forgiveness |
01/25/05
05/03/05
05/11/05
06/06/05
06/06/05
06/07/05
06/13/05 |
Health&HumanServices
Reported
Referred to Appropriations
Reported
Passed by House
(197-0)
Senate Education |
|
HB 201
PN1120 |
Nailor (R- |
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
Reported w/request
to recommit to Health & Human Services |
|
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
PN2568 |
Feese (R- Lycoming) |
State Budget FY 05-06
|
03/14/05
07/06/05
07/07/05
07/07/05 |
H. Appropriations
Passed Senate
Passed House
Signed by Governor |
|
HB1052
PN1872 |
Smith (R-Armstrong) |
Prevents DPW from
implementing additional
access
restrictions to pharmaceuticals;
NAMI lobbied successful
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 |
|
HB1168
PN2560 |
Habay (R-Pitts.) |
Ultimately amended to include
the
Governor’s proposed benefit
changes to the Medical
Assistance
Program NAMI PA worked
to
have the bill amended to
eliminate
cuts to behavioral health
services;
ultimately, the Governor’s
proposed caps on hospitals
and
monthly script limits were
eliminated,
but limits to certain behavioral
health services remain. While
NAMI also worked in support
of a
mental health exemption
to the
preferred drug list (PDL),
a broad
exemption was not included,
but
language was included to
require
DPW to consider destabilizing
effects of changing the
medication
for a person with mental
illness.
Of most concern is language the
allows DPW to modify benefits
until
12/05, without going through
the
standard regulatory review
process. |
07/06/05
07/06/05
07/07/05 |
Passed by House (197-1)
Passed by Senate (43-7)
Signed by Gov. as Act 42
of 2005 |
|
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 |
|
HB1370
PN2106 |
Wpjnaroski (D-Cambria) |
Provides for a certification program in
certain facilities that offer cognitive
support services. |
04/14/05
06/07/05
06/07/05
09/26/05 |
Aging & Older Adult Services
Reported as amended
Rules
Reported & Tabled |
|
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
Some of these changes were
amended into HB 1168 and
signed into law.
|
05/03/05 |
H.Health& Human Services |
|
HB1593
PN1999 |
J.Taylor (R-Phila.) |
Prohibits insurers from
denying coverage for a
drug
solely because it is being
used off-label. |
05/27/05 |
Health & Human Services |
|
HB1683
PN2128 |
Bishop (D-Phila.) |
Provides for involuntary
commitment of
drug-dependent
persons. |
06/08/05 |
Health & Human
Services |
|
HB1773
PN2268 |
DiGirolamo (R-Bucks) |
Creates the Dept.
of Drug and
Alcohol Programs |
06/21/05 |
Health & Human
Services |
|
HB1813
PN2386 |
Kenney (R-Phila.) |
Provides for COLAs
for county
MH/MR workers |
06/29/05 |
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 |
|
HR398
PN2468 |
Walko (D-Allegheny) |
A resolution calling upon the President
and US Congress to reconsider cuts to
the Medicaid program |
07/02/05 |
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 980 |
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
06/21/05
07/01/05
07/02/05 |
S. PublicHealth&Welfare
Reported
Passed by Senate
(26-19)
H.Health&HumanServ.
Reported
Appropriations
Reported |
|
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 |
