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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 726, 1153
PRINTER'S NO. 1866
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
741
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, HILL-EVANS, T. DAVIS, JAMES, POLINCHOCK,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, ZIMMERMAN, WHEELAND, TOMLINSON, LABS,
BONNER, KNOWLES, C. WILLIAMS AND STRUZZI, MARCH 3, 2021
SENATOR BROOKS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IN SENATE, AS
AMENDED, JUNE 21, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Drug
and Alcohol Programs, providing for notification of emergency
contact.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
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section to read:
Section 2319-A. Notification of emergency contact.
(a) General rule.--A d rug and alcohol recovery house shall
notify , as appropriate, BY A METHOD CONSENTED TO BY THE
RESIDENT, an emergency contact designated by a resident if the
resident self- discharges from or leaves and fails to return as
expected to the d rug and alcohol recovery house , provided that
the resident has not revoked consent to notify the emergency
contact. Notification shall occur immediately and in no event
later than 12 hours of self-discharge or after a resident fails
to return to the drug and alcohol recovery house at the
resident's expected time.
(b) Policies and procedures.--A drug and alcohol recovery
house shall ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY THE EMERGENCY CONTACT AT LEAST
ONCE AND develop policies and procedures to implement this
section, which shall include advising residents of notifications
required to be made by the d rug and alcohol recovery house .
(c) Applicability.--The provisions of this section shall not
apply where the d rug and alcohol recovery house has knowledge of
or reason to know of allegations of domestic abuse perpetrated
upon the resident by the emergency contact. THIS SECTION MAY NOT
BE INTERPRETED TO HOLD THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECOVERY HOUSE
LIABLE BEYOND ITS DUTIES THEREIN.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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