A03334
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1918
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MULLERY, TOOHIL, JAMES, LONGIETTI, METCALFE,
OWLETT, KOSIEROWSKI, T. DAVIS, MIZGORSKI, SAINATO,
OBERLANDER, MILLARD, HEFFLEY, MURT, KAUFER, READSHAW,
WENTLING, BURNS, HARKINS, DiGIROLAMO, PASHINSKI, CAUSER,
JONES, NESBIT, KINSEY, HILL-EVANS, BIZZARRO, STRUZZI,
McNEILL, RAPP, SCHWEYER, ULLMAN, BROWN, MADDEN AND MUSTELLO,
OCTOBER 15, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 15, 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 facility 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 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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