PRINTER'S NO. 3896
No. 2714 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY FOX, ACOSTA, NAHILL, MRKONIC, BUNT, MICOZZIE,
JAROLIN, STEVENS, KOSINSKI, MORRIS, WESTON, WASS, DONATUCCI,
SAURMAN, BALDWIN, BLAUM, MAYERNIK, GODSHALL, HERSHEY,
J. TAYLOR, HOWLETT, CIVERA, RAYMOND, FISCHER, GAMBLE, FARGO,
BOWSER, STABACK, BELARDI, RIEGER, CARLSON, BLACK, ANGSTADT,
JACKSON, HERMAN, FLICK, TIGUE, R. C. WRIGHT, CIMINI, KENNEY
AND WOGAN, JULY 1, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 1, 1986
AN ACT
1 Providing a toll-free number for individuals to use in order to
2 provide information to the Pennsylvania State Police
3 regarding evidence of drug abuse.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Abuse
8 Hotline Act.
9 Section 2. Creation of hotline.
10 The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police is
11 authorized and shall create a telecommunications service and
12 support function providing a toll-free telephone number for
13 Statewide use. This toll-free number is to be used by
14 individuals to report information to the State Police regarding
15 evidence of drug abuse. For purposes of this act the term
16 "drugs" shall have the meaning given to that term in the act of
1 April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled
2 Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
3 Section 3. Privacy.
4 The identity of individuals who use the toll-free number
5 created by this act and the information they provide shall
6 remain confidential. No individual, corporation or court of law
7 shall have access to this confidential information.
8 Section 4. Effective date.
9 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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