PRINTER'S NO. 892
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
722
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, FARNESE, KEARNEY, COSTA, KILLION,
BREWSTER AND BOSCOLA, JUNE 6, 2019
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 6, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Drug
and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and
duties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2301-A of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
amended by adding a paragraph to read:
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Section 2301-A. Powers and duties.
The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs shall have the
power and its duty shall be:
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(8.1) To utilize criteria developed or adapted by the
Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs to meet the needs,
service requirements and regulatory structure of the
Commonwealth to guide decisions governing the type, level and
length of care, including hospital detoxification, for
pregnant addicted women, addicted women with dependent
children, veterans, homeless individuals with addiction, low-
level drug offenders sent to treatment as part of sentencing
by drug courts and other patients receiving drug and alcohol
addiction treatment through Federal or State funding. In
carrying out this duty, the Department of Drug and Alcohol
Programs may not utilize criteria from a national tool.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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