H0118B0244A02295 BIL:JMT 06/25/17 #90 A02295
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 118
Sponsor: SENATOR CORMAN
Printer's No. 244
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 11, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled,
as amended, "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 the
regulation of pari-mutuel thoroughbred horse racing and
harness horse racing activities, imposing certain taxes and
providing for the disposition of funds from pari-mutuel
tickets; 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
Health and its departmental administrative and advisory
boards, providing for Emergency Drug and Alcohol
Detoxification Program.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 14 through 22; page 2, lines 1
through 9; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
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
section to read:
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Section 2126. Emergency Drug and Alcohol Detoxification
Program.--(a) The Emergency Drug and Alcohol Detoxification
Program is established in the Department of Health to provide
for detoxification in licensed health care facilities and to
establish detoxification facilities. The program shall be
administered by the Department of Health.
(b) The Emergency Drug and Alcohol Detoxification Program
shall, to the greatest extent possible, utilize existing beds in
health care facilities.
(c) In order to provide individuals seeking assistance with
better and more timely access to drug and alcohol
detoxification, the Department of Health shall provide special
priority review for applications for licensure under this
section.
(d) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Licensed health care facility" shall mean a health care
facility licensed under Chapter 8 of the act of July 19, 1979
(P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act.
"Health care facility" shall mean a health care facility as
defined in section 802.1 of the Health Care Facilities Act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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