| 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 48 |
Oliver (D- Phila.) |
Restores cash benefit and
food stamps
to individuals who became
ineligible
due to felony offenses. |
01/29/03
03/05/03
03/06/03
03/11/03
03/13/03
03/25/03
03/26/03 |
House Health & Human
Services
Reported
Referred to Approp.
Passed by House (162-37)
Sen. Health & Welfare
Reported
Senate Appropriations |
| 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 |
| 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.
**NAMI supports HB 888, PN 2117 |
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
|
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
Likely to be referred
to House Rules |
| 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
PN1935 |
Petrone (D-Allegheny) |
Creates a MH/MR Staff Member Loan
Forgiveness Program |
06/04/03
10/15/03 |
House Education
Reported from Committee |
| 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 |
Kenney |
Provides for Psychiatric Advance Directives;
supported by the PA Mental Health Assn.
and PA Mental Health Consumers Assn. |
|
Not introduced at time of print; 10/7 press conference |
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| HR
200
PN
1376 |
BebkoJones (R-Erie) |
A resolution recognizing youth mental illness
and suicide as a State public health crisis
and encouraging evidence-based initiatives
to screen children and adolescents for mental
disorders in order to identify illness and
prevent suicide among youth.
|
04/15/03 |
House
Rules |
| HR 338
PN2234 |
Gannon (R-Dela.) |
A
Concurrent Resolution directing the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
|
