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.
This bill updates Pennsylvania's pilot program for non-narcotic medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in prisons and parole settings. It removes outdated rules about the program's establishment, clarifies requirements for county participation, and specifies how grant funds can be used for treatment services. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency gains new duties to oversee the program, and the bill includes administrative updates to the state statutes governing it. The changes directly affect counties administering the pilot program and individuals in prison or parole under the MAT initiative.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions
Printer's No. PN1297
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Printer's No. PN1704
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was updated to include a new amendment date and added a specific requirement for the grant commission to prioritize funding for nonnarcotic medication-assisted treatment. Additionally, the text was revised to clarify that grant funds must supplement, not replace, existing county funding.
Scope change
The scope of funding priorities was expanded to explicitly favor nonnarcotic treatments over other options within the pilot program.
FISCAL
Added a mandate for the commission to prioritize grant applications specifically for nonnarcotic medication-assisted treatment.
Clarified that grant money must be used to supplement existing funding and cannot be used to replace it.
TECHNICAL
Updated the bill header to reflect the new printer's number and added a second amendment date.
Floor votes · House May 13, 2025
How they voted
203–0
Passed
Total votes 203
May 13, 2025
D
Democratic102
100% Yea
R
Republican101
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
May 13, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (203-0)
house
May 13, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as amended
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Human Services
lower
1 primary · 40 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Maureen Madden
DDemocratic
Co
Arvind Venkat
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Sanchez
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Waxman
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Bridget Malloy Kosierowski
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Kazeem
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pielli
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Rabb
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Frankel
DDemocratic
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