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PA HB2686

PA HB2686
Providing for Collaborative Care Model and Primary Care Behavioral Health Model Implementation Program; and making an appropriation.


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Introduced
06/20/2022
In Committee
09/14/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
11/30/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled "An act relating to the finances of the State government; providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment business financial management firms, for private dam financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth, authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every department, board, commission, and officer of the State government, every political subdivision of the State, and certain officers of such subdivisions, every person, association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the Commonwealth," providing for Collaborative Care Model and Primary Care Behavioral Health Model Implementation Program; and making an appropriation.

AI Summary

This bill aims to establish a Collaborative Care Model and Primary Care Behavioral Health Model Implementation Program in Pennsylvania. It provides for grants to be made by the Department of Human Services to primary care physicians and practices to help them implement these integrated behavioral health service delivery models. The bill also establishes technical assistance grants to be provided to regional collaborative care technical assistance centers to help primary care providers adopt and utilize these models effectively. An appropriation of $20 million from the American Rescue Plan Act is made to fund these grant programs.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (19)

Last Action

Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS (on 09/14/2022)

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