Pennsylvania HB 561: An Act amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Pilot Program, further providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to establishment of pilot program, providing for establishment and further providing for county participation requirements, for use of grant funding, for powers and duties of department, for report to General Assembly and for construction; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; and making an editorial change.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 565, 1297 PRINTER'S NO. 1704
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 561
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, KHAN, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL,
BURGOS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN, KINKEAD,
HOWARD, FRANKEL, CIRESI, KENYATTA, O'MARA, GREEN, WAXMAN,
RABB, VENKAT, GUENST, BRENNAN, HANBIDGE, CERRATO, T. DAVIS,
DALEY, KAZEEM, KOSIEROWSKI, KRAJEWSKI, K.HARRIS, RIVERA,
FREEMAN, MAYES, CURRY, PROBST, J. HARRIS, D. WILLIAMS,
BOROWSKI, YOUNG AND WEBSTER, FEBRUARY 12, 2025
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 13, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted
Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Pilot Program, further
providing for definitions, repealing provisions relating to
establishment of pilot program, providing for establishment
and further providing for county participation requirements,
for use of grant funding, for powers and duties of
department, for prior authorization, for report to General
Assembly and for construction; imposing duties on the
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; and making
an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 46 heading of Title 61 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
CHAPTER 46
[NONNARCOTIC MEDICATION ASSISTED]
MEDICATION-ASSISTED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT GRANT [PILOT]
PROGRAM
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Section 2. The definition of "pilot program" in section 4601
of Title 61 is amended and the section is amended by adding
definitions to read:
§ 4601. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commission." The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
Delinquency.
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"Medication-assisted treatment." The use of United States
Food and Drug Administration-approved medications, along with
treatment other than medication, as clinically indicated, to
treat substance use disorders, including opioid use disorders.
["Pilot program] "Program." The [Nonnarcotic Medication
Assisted] Medication-assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant
[Pilot] Program established under [this chapter] section 4602.1
(relating to establishment).
Section 3. Section 4602 of Title 61 is repealed:
[§ 4602. Establishment of pilot program.
The Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment
Grant Pilot Program is established in the department to increase
opportunities for counties to provide long-acting nonnarcotic,
nonaddictive medication combined with comprehensive substance
abuse treatment to eligible offenders upon release from county
correctional institutions. Grants shall be limited to fiscal
year 2015-2016 and awarded to counties eligible to participate
in the pilot program within six months of the effective date of
this section.]
Section 4. Title 61 is amended by adding a section to read:
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§ 4602.1. Establishment.
The Medication-assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant
Program is established in the commission to increase
opportunities for counties to provide medication-assisted
treatment combined with comprehensive substance use disorder
treatment to eligible offenders while incarcerated and upon
release from county correctional institutions.
Section 5. Sections 4603, 4604, 4605, 4606, 4607 and 4608 of
Title 61 are amended to read:
§ 4603. County participation requirements.
In order to be eligible for grant funding under the [pilot]
program, a county must:
(1) Make application to the [department] commission in a
form and manner as provided by the [department] commission.
(2) Have a county correctional institution with an
institutional substance abuse treatment program that supports
offenders while incarcerated or transitioning from a county
correctional institution to the community or offenders who
are sentenced to serve [county intermediate punishment
sentences] probation with restrictive conditions.
(3) Be able to contract with a provider as required
under section 4604 (relating to use of grant funding).
(4) Meet any other requirements established by the
[department] commission.
§ 4604. Use of grant funding.
(a) County.--A county awarded a grant under the [pilot]
program shall do all of the following or contract with an
entity, provider or organization that shall:
(1) Assess each offender, prior to reentry into the
community, and determine if the offender is a candidate to
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whom should be administered medication that prevents relapse
to drug dependence or alcohol dependence, or both.
(2) Create an individualized program for each offender
identified under paragraph