| Bill No. |
Sponsor |
Description |
Date |
Action |
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| 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 549 |
Fairchild (R-Snyder) |
The Mental Health Facility Closure
Act, regulating the closure of mental health facilities |
02/25/03
04/07/03 |
House State Gov’t
Reported w/amendments
Tabled |
| 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
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03/06/03
03/12/03
03/20/03 |
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by the Governor |
| HB 888
PN 1044 |
Vance (R-Cumber.) |
The Pharmaceutical
Reform Act; includes increased copays for PACE and PACENET recipients;
references to a formulary and prior authorization procedures |
03/13/03
05/14/03
05/15/03 |
House Health
& Human Services
2-day Public Hearing NAMI scheduled to
testify |
| 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 medcal 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 |
| 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 |
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| SB 43
PN 26 |
Earll (R-Erie) |
Restores cash benefit and food stamps
to individuals who became ineligible due to felony offenses. |
01/21/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SB 73
PN 69 |
Orie (R-Allegheny) |
Establishing a mental health court
division |
02/27/03 |
Sen. Judiciary |
| SB 74
PN 70 |
Orie (R-Allegheny) |
The MH/MR Direct Care Workers Minimum
Salary Act |
02/27/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SB 75
PN 71 |
Orie R-Allegheny) |
Grant program for the Empowerment of
Mental Health Clients and Family Members |
02/27/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SB 76
PN 72 |
Orie (R-Allegheny) |
Amends the Mental Health Procedures
Act to require written aftercare plans for all persons receiving
treatment prior to their discharge from treatment facility. |
02/27/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SB 123
PN 120 |
Mellow (D-Lackawanna |
MH and MR Facility Security Act, requiring
security reports for all MH/MR facilities |
02/03/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SB 129
PN 147 |
Orie (R-Allegheny) |
Creating a "drug court division"
within the Court of Common Pleas. |
02/03/03 |
Senate Judiciary |
| SB 137
PN 586 |
Mowery (R- Cumberland) |
Consent for minors |
02/03/03
03/25/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare
Reported w/amendments
First Consideration |
| SB 217
PN 225 |
Greenleaf (R-Mont.) |
Creates the "Drug Treatment for
Offenders Act," which allows the sentencing court to place
eligible non-violent offenders in an alternative drug treatment
program; offenders must be in need of addiction treatment be sentenced
to a state correctional facility. |
02/06/03
04/22/03
04/28/03 |
House Judiciary
Reported w/amendment
House Appropriations |
| SB 300
PN 315 |
Costa (D-Allegheny) |
The FairX Prescription Drug Bill"
establishes a single PBM for all state pharmaceutical programs,
includes prior authorization and rebates, and allows seniors over
age 65 to purchase drugs at the PACE price. |
02/13/03 |
Senate Aging & Youth |
| SB 449
PN 466 |
Greenleaf (R-Mont.) |
Amends the Mental Health Procedures
Act to require DPW oversight of assisted outpatient treatment programs |
03/11/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SB 361
PN 374 |
Stack (D-Phila.) |
Creaets the Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Counselor Loan Forgiveness Program |
03/03/03 |
Senate Education |
| SR 8
PN 16 |
Orie (R-Allegheny) |
Establishing a Jt. State Government
Commission study of the mental health services delivery sytem. |
01/21/03 |
Sen. Public Health & Welfare |
| SR 52
PN 58 |
Orie (R-Allegheny) |
A Resolution recognizing youth mental
illness and suicide as a 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 youths. |
03/24/03 |
Senate Public Health & Welfare |
