Pennsylvania 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 7 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 424 — 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.

Last action — PN 0391 Referred to JUDICIARY

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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This bill establishes the Nonnarcotic Medication Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program in Pennsylvania, outlining eligibility, treatment assessments, and program administration.

  • Title 35

    CHAPTER 52B NONNARCOTIC MEDICATION SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAM Sec. 52B01. Definitions. 52B02. Program established. 52B03. Single county authority requirements. 52B04. Use of grant funding. 52B05. Powers and duties of department.

    Introduces a new chapter in Title 35 to establish a program for substance use disorder treatment.

  • Title 42

    § 918. Court assessments for substance use disorder treatment. (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.

    Establishes authority for courts to assess offenders for nonnarcotic medication treatment.

  • 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).

    Allows supervising officers to recommend assessments for nonnarcotic medication treatment for offenders.

Action History

  1. PN 0391 Referred to JUDICIARY

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 424?
SB 424 is sponsored by Judy Ward (Republican), Jay Costa (Democratic), Kim L. Ward (Republican), Wayne Langerholc (Republican), Scarnati, Gene Yaw (Republican), Brewster, Patrick J. Stefano (Republican), Camera Bartolotta (Republican), Mensch, Elder A. Vogel (Republican), Blake, Yudichak, and Art Haywood (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 424?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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