PRINTER'S NO. 201
TH E G EN ER A L A SSEM B LY O F P EN N S YLVA N IA
H O U SE BILL
N o.
235
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, CONKLIN, WARD, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT, HEFFLEY,
DEAN, DRISCOLL, GAINEY, ROTHMAN, SACCONE, R. BROWN, STEPHENS,
LONGIETTI, READSHAW, TOEPEL, O'NEILL, FEE, KAUFFMAN, TAYLOR,
FREEMAN, SCHWEYER, DEASY AND D. COSTA, JANUARY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JANUARY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Establishing a task force on the opioid abuse epidemic's impact
on children and providing for powers and duties of the task
force.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Opioid Abuse
Child Impact Task Force Act.
Section 2. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) This Commonwealth is one of the states which has
been hardest hit by an epidemic of heroin and prescription
opioid abuse and addiction that is plaguing American society.
(2) One of the more tragic consequences of this epidemic
is the devastating impact it has had and continues to have on
infants and children.
(3) Newborns are suffering through withdrawal from
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