PRINTER'S NO. 2864
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1997
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BERNSTINE, DeLISSIO, BAKER, DRISCOLL, LONGIETTI,
STURLA, PHILLIPS-HILL, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, D. COSTA,
CHARLTON, HILL-EVANS, SCHWEYER AND MURT, JANUARY 5, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 5, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in medical assistance,
providing for medical assistance deemed eligibility program
for in-patient behavioral health services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 449.1. Medical Assistance Deemed Eligibility Program
for In-Patient Behavioral Health Services.--(a) The department
shall establish a deemed eligibility program for in-patient
behavioral health services for the purposes specified under
subsection (b).
(b) The department shall implement the program for the
following purposes:
(1) Preventing harm to an individual with an immediate need
for in-patient behavioral health services as a result of a
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