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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY K. BOYLE, McGEEHAN, BARBIN, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, GOODMAN, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, PAYTON, SABATINA, V. BROWN, GEORGE, HALUSKA, MURT, READSHAW, TAYLOR AND B. BOYLE, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Advisory |
3 | Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse; imposing duties on the |
4 | Department of Health to develop and coordinate the |
5 | implementation of a comprehensive health, education and |
6 | rehabilitation program for the prevention and treatment of |
7 | drug and alcohol abuse and drug and alcohol dependence; |
8 | providing for emergency medical treatment; providing for |
9 | treatment and rehabilitation alternatives to the criminal |
10 | process for drug and alcohol dependence; and making repeals," |
11 | providing for narcotic treatment programs. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. The act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), known |
15 | as the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act, is |
16 | amended by adding a section to read: |
17 | Section 4.1. Narcotic Treatment Programs.--(a) The |
18 | department shall provide approval of all applications for any |
19 | narcotic treatment program requesting to operate within this |
20 | Commonwealth, in accordance with Federal regulations governing |
21 | narcotic treatment programs under 42 CFR Part 8 (relating to |
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1 | certification of opioid treatment programs) and State law. |
2 | (b) The approval under subsection (a) must include: |
3 | (1) Approval by the district attorney of the municipality in |
4 | which the proposed narcotic treatment program facility is to be |
5 | located. |
6 | (2) A finding that adequate parking is available. |
7 | (3) Upon receipt of an application for a proposed narcotic |
8 | treatment program, notification of all Federal, State and local |
9 | elected public officials and the single county authority in |
10 | writing, by certified mail, of the application within five |
11 | business days of receipt of the application. The notification |
12 | shall include the name of the applicant and the applicant's |
13 | employes or officers, the facility's proposed location and a |
14 | copy of the application. The cost of the notice shall be |
15 | incurred by the applicant. |
16 | (4) At least one public hearing regarding the proposed |
17 | narcotic treatment program facility. Written notice shall be |
18 | given to all property owners or lessees located within 500 feet |
19 | of the proposed narcotic treatment program facility at least |
20 | thirty days prior to the date of the public hearing. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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