Bill Text: PA SB1383 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In public assistance, further providing for definitions; and, in public assistance, providing for mileage reimbursement for individuals receiving methadone treatment.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-26 - Referred to PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE [SB1383 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1383-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2013
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1383 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY WARD, EICHELBERGER, STACK, VOGEL, D. WHITE, ORIE, WAUGH, WOZNIAK AND MENSCH, MAY 26, 2010
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, MAY 26, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
further providing for definitions; and, in public assistance,
providing for mileage reimbursement for individuals receiving
methadone treatment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 402 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding
definitions to read:
Section 402. Definitions.--As used in this article, unless
the content clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Medical assistance transportation program" means the program
funded in part by the Department of Public Welfare that provides
transportation to medical services for medical assistance
patients who have no other transportation available to them.
"Methadone" means a synthetic opioid agonist which binds with
opioid receptors in the brain to initiate drug actions that
mimic the effects of opiates.
"Narcotic treatment program" means a program for chronic drug
users that either administers or dispenses agents under a
narcotic treatment physician's order for detoxification or
maintenance purposes, or provides a comprehensive range of
medical and rehabilitative services to alleviate adverse
medical, psychological or physical effects incident to an
addiction to narcotics, or both.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 443.11. Mileage Reimbursement for Individuals
Receiving Methadone Treatment.--(a) An individual receiving
methadone treatment by a licensed provider, pursuant to a
narcotic treatment program, shall be eligible for mileage
reimbursement only if the treatment is received at the treatment
program closest to the individual's residence based on a one-way
trip calculation.
(b) The department may develop an exceptions process based
on medical emergency and availability of closest provider.
(c) County medical assistance transportation programs in
consultation with the department shall develop procedures for
the prevention, detection and reporting of suspected fraud and
abuse relating to the reimbursement of mileage for methadone
treatment.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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