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Bill No.
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Sponsor
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Description
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Date
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Action
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HB
27
PN
33
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Adolph
(R- Delaware)
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Prohibits
a sexually violent predator from
living
within 1 ½ miles of a school for
children
in grades kindergarten through
elementary
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01/29/03
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House
Judiciary
|
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HB 44
PN 48
|
Oliver (D- Phila.)
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Restores cash
benefit and food stamps
to individuals
who became ineligible
due to felony
offenses.
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01/29/03
03/05/03
03/06/03
03/11/03
03/13/03
03/25/03
03/26/03
12/03/03
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House Health
& Human Services
Reported
Referred to Approp.
Passed by House
(162-37)
Sen. Health
& Welfare
Reported
Senate
Appropriations
Scheduled for
consideration
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HB
285
PN
323
|
Lynch
(R- Forest)
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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)
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02/15/03
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House
Judiciary
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HB
380
PN
444
|
Youngblood
(D-Phila.)
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Providing
for medical consent for a minor by
an
adult caregiver
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02/24/03
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House
Judiciary
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HB
449
PN
527
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McNaughton (R-Dauphin)
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Allowing
an parent or legal guardian to allow
another
adult to give medical consent on
behalf
of a minor
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02/25/03
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House
Judiciary
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HB 471
PN 1794
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Fairchild (R-Snyder)
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The Mental Health Facility
Closure Act,
regulating the closure of
mental health
facilities
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02/25/03
04/07/03
04/28/03
05/12/03
05/12/03
05/21/03
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House State Gov’t
Reported w/amendments
Refer to Appropriations
Reported
Passed w/amendments by
vote of 187-10
Senate Public Health
& Welfare
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HB
473
PN
551
|
Bishop
(D-Phila.)
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Dealing
with the involuntary committee of drug
dependent
persons
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02/25/03
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House
Judiciary
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HB
539
PN
633
|
Gannon
(R-Delaware)
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Provides
for a Single Pharmacy Benefits
Manager
(PBM) to administer prescription
drugs
provided through Medicaid; includes
prior
authorization of drugs not on the
formulary
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02/26/03
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House
Health & Human Services
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HB 648
PN 898
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Argall (R-Berks)
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Fiscal Year 2003/2004
State Budget
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03/06/03
03/12/03
03/20/03
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by the Governor
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HB826
PN961
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Maitland
(R-Adams)
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Age of consent
for minors.
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03/11/03
|
Judiciary
Scheduled for
consideration on 12/9/03
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HB 865
PN 2587
|
Kenney (R-Phila.)
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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.
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03/13/03
06/17/03
09/15/03
09/24/03
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Health & Human Services
Reported
Passed by House (187-6)
Senate Banking & Insur.
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HB 868
PN 1575
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Turzai
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Providing for coverage of alcohol and drug
abuse and dependency treatment resulting
from court action.
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03/13/03
04/30/03
05/05/03
05/12/03
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House Health & Human
Services
Reported w/amendment
Re-committed to Health
and Human Services
Scheduled for
Consideration
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HB
869
PN
1899
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Kenney
(R-Phila.)
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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.
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06/03/03
06/17/03
06/24/03
09/09/03
09/29/03
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House
Health & Human Services
Reported
from Comm.
House
Rules
Reported
from Rules and tabled
House
Appropriations
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HB 888
PN 2871
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Vance
(R-Cumber.)
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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
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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
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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
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HB
904
PN
1068
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Sather
(R-Blair)
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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
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03/18/03
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House
Health & Human Services
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HB
996
PN
1169
|
Washington (D-Phila.)
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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
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House
Education
|
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HB1016
PN
1191
|
Barrar (R-Delaware)
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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
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04/02/03
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House
Education
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HB1024
PN1991
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Gannon (R-Dela.)
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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
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04/02/03
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House Insurance
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HB1225
PN
1472
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Vance
(R-Cumber.)
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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.
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04/24/03
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House
Health & Human Services
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HB1434
PN1780
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Gannon
(R-Delaware)
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Creates a Drug Treatment for Offenders Program |
05/12/03
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House
Judiciary
|
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HB1530
PN1935
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Petrone (D-Allegheny)
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Creates a MH/MR Staff Member Loan
Forgiveness Program |
06/04/03
10/15/03
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House Education
Reported from Committee
Tabled
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HB1589
PN2873
|
Cohen (D-Phila.)
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Restores 100% of the cuts to the Behavioral
Health Services Initiative (BHSI) and 100%
of drug and alcohol; restores 50% funding for
the Human Services Development Fund (HSDF);
areas of contention surround educational funding
and revenue sources
**As of early November, it appears as
though
talks are finally progressing.
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06/11/03
10/20/03
10/21/03
10/28/03
10/29/03
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House
Appropriations
Passed by House
(143-59)
Senate
Appropriations
Reported
Rereferred to Senate Appropriations
|
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HB1649
PN2084
|
Lynch
(R-Warren)
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Increases state funding to counties for drug and
alcohol programs. |
06/17/03
|
House
Appropriations
|
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HB1779
PN2310
|
Crahalla (R-Mont.)
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Increases state funding for drug and alcohol
programs. |
07/01/03
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House
Appropriations
|
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HB1819
PN2513
|
Stetler (D-York)
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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
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House
Intergovernmental Affairs
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HB1887
PN2464
|
DeLuca (D-Allegheny)
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