HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1259, 1287, 1327
PRINTER'S NO. 1435
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
906
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, BAKER, BROOKS, HUTCHINSON, PITTMAN,
GORDNER, J. WARD, BLAKE, STEFANO AND LEACH, OCTOBER 18, 2019
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 17, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 20, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.96,
No.6), entitled "An act relating to mental health and
intellectual disability; authorizing county programs and
amending, revising and changing the laws relating thereto and
making an appropriation," in preliminary provisions, further
providing for definitions; and, in responsibilities of the
State, providing for State center closure moratorium.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "department" and "secretary"
in section 102 of the act of October 20, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess.,
P.L.96, No.6), known as the Mental Health and Intellectual
Disability Act of 1966, are amended and the section is amended
by adding a definition to read:
Section 102. Definitions.--As used in this act:
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"Department" means the Department of [Public Welfare] Human
Services.
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