|
Bill No.
|
Sponsor
|
Description
|
Date
|
Action
|
|
Senate
|
|
|
|
|
|
SB161
PN167
|
Bell (R-Chester)
|
Amends the Crimes Code to delete requirement
for mental health check prior to obtaining a firearms
license
|
01/30/01
|
Senate Judiciary
|
|
SB242
PN234
|
Mowery (R-
|
Age of consent
for minors
Issued resolved
through DPW administrative
action.
|
02/02/01
04/03/01
04/30/01
|
Public Health
& Welfare
Reported
Amended
Re-referred
to Approp.
|
|
SB266
PN268
|
Mellow (D-Lackawanna)
|
Establishes the MH and MR Facility Security Act
|
02/05/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB278
PN279
|
Greenleaf (R-Mont.)
|
Amends the Public School Code to establish school
violence programs and require policies for drug and
alcohol violators
|
02/05/01
|
Education
|
|
SB279
PN280
|
Greenleaf(R-Mont.)
|
Amends the Public School Code to require substance
abuse prevention programs
|
02/05/01
|
Education
|
|
SB 300
PN 343
|
Costa (R-
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.
|
03/28/01
06/29/01
|
Reported from
Senate Aging and Youth Committee (note: intention is to recommit
to Aging & Youth for hearings)
Tabled
|
|
SB413
PN1992
|
Corman (R-Centre)
|
Establishes the
Substance Abuse Education and
Demand Reduction
Fund – Imposes fines on certain
drug offenses;
50% of assessments remain with the
county in which
conviction occurred for financing drug
& alcohol
abuse treatment or prevention programs
administered by
the single county authorities; 50%
remitted to state;
state may allocated funds to the PA
Commission on
Crime and Delinquency (PCCD);
PCCD to allocate
funds in form of grants to eligible
organizations
for drug and alcohol education, prevention
and treatment
programs; 20% of fund to A.G. for Drug
Prevention Program.
|
02/12/01
03/13/01
03/19/01
05/21/01
12/12/01
12/13/01
05/07/02
06/04/02
|
Introduced &
referred to Senate Judiciary
Reported
Referred to Appropriations
Reported
Passed Senate
(47-2)
Referred to H.
Judiciary
Reported as amended
and Tabled
Referred to Approp.
|
|
SB541
PN561
|
Earl (R-Erie)
|
Establishes the Genetic Testing Confidentiality Act, allowing
certain disclosure to county MH/MR facilities
|
02/20/01
|
Judiciary
|
|
SB 542
PN 562
|
Schwartz (D-Phila.)
|
Prohibits an insurer from denying or limiting health insurance
coverage based on genetic information, from requesting or
requiring a person to obtain or disclose genetic information, and
from disclosing genetic information without the written consent
of the individual
|
02/20/01
|
Introduced and Referred to Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
|
|
SB659
PN700
|
Kukovich(D-Westmore.)
|
MH/MR Staff Member Loan Forgiveness Program
|
03/19/01
|
Education
|
|
SB700
PN1032
|
Murphy (R-Pitts.)
|
Establishes
step therapy and therapeutic interchange for
state prescription
drug programs
|
05/21/01
|
Aging &
Youth
|
|
SB 762
PN 854
|
O’Pake (D- Berks)
|
The Pharmaceutical Reform Act establishes a statewide PBM,
requires all drug companies that sell prescription drugs to
Commonwealth to enter into a rebate agreement, includes
prior authorization, establishes a Prescription Drug Advisory
Committee
|
04/03/01
|
Referred to Senate Public Health and Welfare
|
|
SB888
PN1213
|
Mowery (R-
Cumberland)
|
Establishes the Pa. Assisted Living Act, requires licensing of
facilities and assessment of psychosocial needs
|
06/18/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB900
PN1061
|
Hughes (D-Phila.)
|
Establishes the “Breaking the Silence Grant Program”
|
05/29/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB917
PN1865
|
Orie (R-Allegheny)
|
Creating a MH court
division within the Court of Common
Pleas NAMI PA supports this legislation in general, but is
working with the committee to include certain felony offenses
that are non-violent. The
bill as currently written prohibits
persons charged with a felony from being eligible for
MH court.
|
06/04/01
12/03/01
04/19/02
04/15/02
|
Judiciary
Public Hearing
– NAMI PA provided testimony
Reported w/amendments
Referred to
Appropria.
|
|
SB918
PN1083
|
Orie (R-Allegheny)
|
Establishes a minimum wage for direct care workers
|
06/04/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB919
PN1084
|
Orie (R-Allegheny)
|
Amends the Mental Health Procedures Act to require written
after care programs
|
06/04/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB920
PN1085
|
Orie (R-Allegheny)
|
Establishes a grant program for Empowerment of MH Clients and
Family Members
|
06/04/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB922
PN1074
|
Orie (R-Allegheny)
|
School Violence Prevention Act, requires schools to develop
violence prevention plans
|
06/04/01
|
Education
|
|
SB991
PN1201
|
Greenleaf (R-Mont.)
|
Amends the MH Procedures Act to add a section on Assisted
Outpatient Treatment
|
06/14/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
|
|
SB 1022
PN 1274
|
Conti (R-Bucks)
|
PACE reform,
including best price, rebates, Medicare
Managed Care Fair Share
Program
|
06/27/01
|
Referred to
Senate Aging and Youth
|
|
SB 1036
PN 1293
|
O’Pake (D-Berks)
|
Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Coalition, rebates, prior
authorization
|
08/13/01
|
Referred to Senate Aging and Youth
|
|
SB1057
PN1296
|
Greenleaf (R-Mont.)
|
Sexually Violent Predators Act, establishes a civil procedure
for involuntary commitment
|
08/31/01
|
Judiciary
|
|
SB1077
PN1338
|
Greenleaf (R-Mont.)
|
Amends the Crimes Code to add penalties for sexual offenses by
psychotherapists, including mental health counselors and social
workers.
|
10/01/01
|
Judiciary
|
|
SB1089
PN2041
|
Earll (R-Erie)
|
Current law requires DNA samples for individuals convicted or
adjudicated delinquent for a felony sexual offense. This law
clarifies that the DNA sample may be taken from individuals
incarcerated at the time the act was enacted, and that samples
may be taken even if they were not drawn in a timely fashion.
|
10/09/01
11/14/01
12/12/01
12/12/01
03/18/02
03/19/02
03/25/02
06/04/02
06/04/02
|
Judicary
Passed Sen. (48-0)
Passed House w/amend-ments (198-0)
Sen. Rules & Executive Nominations
Reported from committee as
amended
Senate concurred to House amendments as amended by Senate (needs
to go back to the House for another vote)
Referred to House Rules
Reported w/amendments
House concurred to Sen. Amendments (117-78)
|
|
SB1288
PN1697
|
Orie (R-Allegh.)
|
Amends Older Adults Protective Services Act to require social
service workers, adult-care workers, mental health professional
and others to report suspected cases of elder abuse.
|
01/30/02
|
Referred to Aging &Youth
|
|
SB1377
PN1857
|
Stack (D-Phila.)
|
Creating the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor Loan
Forgiveness Program for Commonwealth residents who graduate
from institutions of higher education and apply their education to
careers as alcohol and other drug addiction counselors in Pa.
|
04/05/02
|
Referred to Education
|
|
SR72
PN1020
|
Orie (R-Allegheny)
|
Establishing a Jt. State Government Task Force to Study the MH
Delivery System
NAMI SUPPORTS & presented testimony at public hearing
|
05/17/01
12/05/01
|
Public Health & Welfare
Public Hearing
|
|
SR 115
PN1669
|
Erickson (R-Dela.)
|
A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to allow
the use
of federal Medicaid funds for prison drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs.
|
10/01/01
01/23/02
01/29/02
02/04/02
|
Intergovernmental Affairs
Reported as amended
Adopted by Senate
Transmitted
|
|
SR 149
PN2032
|
Greenleaf (R-Montco)
|
A concurrent resolution
directing the Jt. State Gov’t Commission to
establish a task
force and advisory committee to study and make
recommendations
on the geriatric, seriously ill, lifer population at
correctional facilities.
|
01/10/02
02/05/02
03/25/02
03/27/02
06/04/02
|
Referred to Judiciary
Reported
Adopted by the
Senate House Judiciary
Reported as amended
|
|
SR 223
PN1957
|
Mowery (R-Cumb.)
|
A Senate Resolution
designating the month of May as “Mental
Health Month”
|
04/29/02
|
Introduced and
Adopted by the Senate
|
|
SR215
PN1936
|
Gerlach (R-Bucks,
Chester)
|
A Senate Resolution
urging the Governor to support the current
eligibility rules for medical
assistance for children with disabilities
including the
disregard of parental income.
NAMI SUPPORTS
|
04/24/02
|
Introduced and
referred to Public Health and Welfare
|
|
House
|
|
|
|
|
|
HB 1
PN 301
|
Vance (R-
Cumber-land)
|
Provides for
a single pharmacy benefits manager for certain state
programs, prior authorization,
rebates, the establishment of the Pa.
ExtraordinaryPrescription
Plan, redistribution of prescription drugs
within certain
health care facilities,
etc.
|
01/30/01
02/05/01
|
Passed House
(191-5)
Referred to
Senate Aging and Youth Committee
Note: Possible hearings
|
|
HB29
PN15
|
Youngblood (D-Phila.)
|
Allows parents and legal guardians to authorize adult caregivers,
via a
medical consent form, the right to consent to a MH exam on behalf of
a minor
|
01/23/01
|
Judiciary
|
|
HB49
PN557
|
Schuler (R-Lancaster)
|
