SB 449 — An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Nonnarcotic Medication Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program; in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, providing for court assessments for substance use disorder treatment; in other criminal provisions, further providing for supervisory relationship to offenders; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for supervisory relationship to offenders.

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This bill establishes a Nonnarcotic Medication Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program in Pennsylvania law and outlines procedures for courts and single county authorities related to substance use disorder treatment.

• Title 35

  CHAPTER 52C NONNARCOTIC MEDICATION SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAM Sec. 52C01. Definitions. 52C02. Program established. 52C03. Single county authority requirements. 52C04. Use of grant funding. 52C05. Powers and duties of department.

  Establishes a new chapter for a substance use disorder treatment program in Pennsylvania law.

• Section 52C01

  "Eligible provider." An organization or entity licensed by the Commonwealth capable of: (1) assessing an offender to determine if the offender is a candidate to whom medication that prevents a relapse to drug and alcohol dependence should be administered; (2) providing an individualized treatment plan; and (3) administering a Federal Drug Administration-approved nonnarcotic medication indicated for use in treating a substance use disorder.

  Defines what constitutes an eligible provider for the program.

• Section 52C02

  The Nonnarcotic Medication Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program is established within the department to increase opportunities for single county authorities to provide comprehensive substance use disorder treatment to offenders as may be clinically appropriate through the awarding of grants.

  Creates the Nonnarcotic Medication Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program and outlines its purpose.

• Section 52C04

  (a) General rule.--Except as provided for in subsection (b), a single county authority awarded a grant under the program shall contract with an eligible provider that shall: (1) Assess each offender to determine if the offender is a candidate to be administered medication that prevents relapse to substance use dependence.

  Mandates that single county authorities contract with eligible providers for assessment and treatment of offenders under this program.

• Section 918

  (a) Establishment.--The court of common pleas of a judicial district, a problem-solving court and the Philadelphia Municipal Court may order an offender charged with a drug-related offense upon whom a court imposes a sentence of confinement, intermediate punishment, an alternative sentence, probation, Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition or a fine to be assessed by an eligible provider to determine whether the use of a nonnarcotic medication-assisted substance use disorder treatment program may be clinically appropriate for the offender.

  Allows courts to order assessments for substance use disorder treatment for offenders sentenced for drug-related offenses.

• Section 9912

  (e.2) Recommendation of offenders for nonnarcotic medication-assisted substance use disorder treatment.-- (1) An officer may recommend that an offender under their supervision be assessed by an eligible provider to determine whether the use of the program may be clinically appropriate for the offender as described in section 918 (relating to court assessments for substance use disorder treatment).

  Enables supervising officers to recommend offenders for assessment under the new treatment program.

Action History

1. March 18, 2021

   PN 0455 Referred to JUDICIARY

Sponsors

• Wayne Langerholc · Primary
• Camera Bartolotta · Cosponsor
• Judy Ward · Cosponsor
• Patrick J. Stefano · Cosponsor
• Kim L. Ward · Cosponsor
• Gene Yaw · Cosponsor
• Mensch · Cosponsor

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