| 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
03/11/03
03/13/03
03/25/03
12/19/03
12/23/03 |
House Health & Human
Services
Reported
Passed by House (162-37)
Sen. Health & Welfare
Reported
Passed by Senate (49-0)
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 |
