HB 640 — 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 Public Welfare and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing for managed care organization assessment, for intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability assessments, for hospital assessments, for Statewide quality care assessments and for nursing facility assessment; in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties; in judicial administration, further providing for surcharge and fee; and making repeals .

PRINTER'S NO.   650

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 640
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY D. WILLIAMS, HEFFLEY, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS,
        MADDEN, GUENST, KENYATTA, MALAGARI, FREEMAN AND DEASY,
        FEBRUARY 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, FEBRUARY 20, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties of the Department of Drug
22      and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and
23      duties.
24      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25   hereby enacts as follows:
26      Section 1.    Section 2301-A(3) and (7)(i) of the act of April
27   9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
28   1929, are amended to read:
 1   Section 2301-A.      Powers and duties.
 2      The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs shall have the
 3   power and its duty shall be:
 4          * * *
 5          (3)    In accordance with the State plan, to [allocate the
 6      responsibility for all] collaborate and coordinate the
 7      services, programs and other efforts provided for among the
 8      appropriate departments, agencies and other State personnel.
 9      The department, through its employees, shall have the power
10      and its duty shall be to [implement] promote compliance with
11      the provisions of the State plan and to coordinate all such
12      efforts.
13          * * *
14          (7)     As follows:
15                 (i)   [To] Within 90 days of the effective date of
16          this subparagraph and by January 31 of each year
17          thereafter, to submit an annual report to the [General
18          Assembly which shall:] chairperson and minority
19          chairperson of the Health and Human Services Committee of
20          the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson
21          of the Human Services Committee of the House of
22          Representatives. The report shall, at a minimum:
23                       (A)   Specify the actions taken[,] and services
24                 provided [and funds expended, including an
25                 evaluation], including services and programs provided
26                 in accordance with paragraph (3), to expand
27                 education, prevention, intervention, treatment and
28                 recovery support programs across this Commonwealth,
29                 including any evaluations of their effectiveness.
30                       (B)   Contain the current State plan.

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 1                  (C)    Contain the most recent quarterly
 2             evaluations by the Department of Drug and Alcohol
 3             Programs of the information specified under paragraph
 4             (8.2)(i).
 5                  (D)    Specify the actions taken in accordance with
 6             section 2303-A.
 7                  (E)    Specify money distributed and expended by
 8             the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs and other
 9             appropriate departments, agencies and Commonwealth
10             employees for services, programs and other efforts
11             outlined in the State plan and in accordance with
12             paragraph (3).
13                  (F)    Contain evaluations of completed grant
14             programs using information reported to the Department
15             of Drug and Alcohol Programs by grantees, including
16             indicators used to measure performance and the
17             reported outcomes.
18             * * *
19    Section 2.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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