H0825B0909A03636 NAD:CDM 10/03/17 #90 A03636
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 825
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HEFFLEY
Printer's No. 909
Amend Bill, page 1, line 1, by striking out "psychiatric and"
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 4 through 17; page 2, lines 1
through 30; page 3, lines 1 through 20; by striking out all of
said lines on said pages and inserting
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Detoxification Bed Registry Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Bed registry." The detoxification bed registry established
under this act.
"Department." The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs of
the Commonwealth.
"Licensed provider." A hospital-based detoxification or
rehabilitation treatment program licensed to provide care for
substance use disorder or a licensed nonhospital residential
detoxification facility.
Section 3. Registry.
(a) Development.--The department shall develop and
administer an Internet-based detoxification bed registry to
collect, aggregate and display information about available beds
at a licensed provider's detoxification and rehabilitation
facility for the treatment of individuals in need of
detoxification.
(b) Contents.--The bed registry shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
(1) Descriptive information for licensed providers in
this Commonwealth, including contact information for each
licensed provider.
(2) Real-time information updated at least daily
regarding the number of beds available at a licensed
provider's detoxification and rehabilitation facility and,
for each available bed, the type of patient that may be
admitted, the level of security provided and other
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