PRINTER'S NO. 2296
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1704
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BERNSTINE, DeLISSIO, SCHLOSSBERG, RYAN, ROTHMAN,
GALLOWAY, McCLINTON, CALTAGIRONE, LONGIETTI, HILL-EVANS,
OTTEN AND FRANKEL, JULY 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, JULY 8, 2019
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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