A03777
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
179
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, VOGEL, YAW, BREWSTER, RESCHENTHALER,
YUDICHAK, HAYWOOD, VULAKOVICH, SCHWANK, RAFFERTY, COSTA,
SCARNATI AND WARD, JANUARY 25, 2017
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 25, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), entitled "An
act relating to health care; prescribing the powers and
duties of the Department of Health; establishing and
providing the powers and duties of the State Health
Coordinating Council, health systems agencies and Health Care
Policy Board in the Department of Health, and State Health
Facility Hearing Board in the Department of Justice;
providing for certification of need of health care providers
and prescribing penalties," in general provisions, providing
for acute care mental health bed registry and referrals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known
as the Health Care Facilities Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 901.1. Acute care mental health bed registry and
referrals.
(a) The department shall develop and administer an a
voluntary Internet web-based acute care mental health bed
registry to facilitate the temporary hospitalization and
treatment of individuals who meet the criteria for inpatient
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