Pennsylvania HB 1117: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties.

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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1228, 1298 PRINTER'S NO. 3692
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1117
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY RIVERA, WEBSTER, MADDEN, GIRAL, HOWARD, WAXMAN,
HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, SCHLOSSBERG, D. WILLIAMS, MAYES,
SANCHEZ, KAZEEM, BRENNAN, NEILSON, KHAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND
CIRESI, APRIL 3, 2025
SENATOR BROOKS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IN SENATE, AS
AMENDED, JUNE 24, 2026
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, further providing for powers and
duties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2301-A introductory paragraph, (1), (2),
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(4), (5), (7) and (8) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, are amended
and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 2301-A. Powers and duties.
(a) Duties.--The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
shall have the power and its duty shall be:
(1) To develop and adopt a State plan for the control,
prevention, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation,
research, education and training aspects of [drug and alcohol
abuse and dependence problems] substance use disorder. The
State plan shall include, but not be limited to, provisions
for:
(i) Coordination of the efforts of all State
agencies in the control, prevention, intervention,
treatment, rehabilitation, research, education and
training aspects of [drug and alcohol abuse and
dependence problems] substance use disorder so as to
avoid duplications and inconsistencies in the efforts of
the agencies.
(ii) Coordination of all health and rehabilitation
efforts to deal with the [problem] challenges of [drug
and alcohol abuse and dependence] substance use disorder,
including, but not limited to, those relating to support
services included under vocational rehabilitation,
[manpower] workforce development and training, senior
citizens, law enforcement assistance, parole and
probation systems, jails and prisons, health research
facilities, [mental retardation facilities] intellectual
disability or autism diagnosis and community mental
health centers, juvenile delinquency, health professions,
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educational assistance, hospital and medical facilities,
social security, community health services, education
professions development, higher education, Commonwealth
employees health benefits, economic opportunity,
comprehensive health planning, elementary and secondary
education, highway safety and the civil service laws.
(iii) Encouragement of the formation of local
agencies and local coordinating councils, promotion of
cooperation and coordination among such groups and
encouragement of communication of ideas and
recommendations from such groups to the Pennsylvania
Advisory Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
(iv) Development of model [drug and alcohol abuse
and dependence] substance use disorder control plans for
local government, utilizing the concepts incorporated in
the State plan. The model plans shall be reviewed on a
periodic basis, but not less than once a year, and
revised to keep them current. The model plans shall
specify how all types of community resources and existing
Federal and Commonwealth legislation may be utilized.
(v) Assistance and consultation to local
governments, public and private agencies, institutions
and organizations and individuals with respect to the
prevention and treatment of [drug and alcohol abuse and
dependence] substance use disorder, including
coordination of programs among them.
(vi) Cooperation with organized medicine to
disseminate medical guidelines for the us