PRINTER'S NO. 489
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
532
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, GREENLEAF, SCAVELLO, BREWSTER,
WHITE, HUTCHINSON, WARD, ALLOWAY, WOZNIAK, RAFFERTY AND
TARTAGLIONE, FEBRUARY 20, 2015
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, FEBRUARY 20, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), entitled,
as amended, "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Advisory
Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse; imposing duties on the
Department of Health to develop and coordinate the
implementation of a comprehensive health, education and
rehabilitation program for the prevention and treatment of
drug and alcohol abuse and drug and alcohol dependence;
providing for emergency medical treatment; providing for
treatment and rehabilitation alternatives to the criminal
process for drug and alcohol dependence; and making repeals,"
further providing for definitions; and providing for specific
powers and duties with regard to opioid addiction treatment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "council" in section 2(b) of
the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), known as the
Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act, amended
December 20, 1985 (P.L.529, No.119), is amended and the
subsection is amended by adding definitions to read:
Section 2. Definitions:
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(b) As used in this act:
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