Committee
Pennsylvania House Human Services Committee
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committee members
Marc Anderson (R)
Joshua Bashline (R)
Secretary
Anthony Bellmon (D)
Jessica Benham (D)
Missy Cerrato (D)
Jamie Flick (R)
Ann Flood (R)
José Giral (D)
Roni Green (D)
Keith Harris (D)
Republican Chair
Doyle Heffley (R)
Joe Hogan (R)
Tarik Khan (D)
Emily Kinkead (D)
Shelby Labs (R)
Milou Mackenzie (R)
La'Tasha Mayes (D)
Danielle Otten (D)
James Prokopiak (D)
Brenda Pugh (R)
Chad Reichard (R)
Nikki Rivera (D)
John Schlegel (R)
Arvind Venkat (D)
Eric Weaknecht (R)
Chair
Dan Williams (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB66 | Establishing the Social Worker Educational Enrollment and Training Program; and providing for authorization of internships, for award of internships and for funding of the Social Worker Educational Enrollment and Training Program. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB74 | In mental health and intellectual disabilities, providing for autism screening. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB90 | In public assistance, further providing for verification of eligibility. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB194 | Establishing the Mental Health Professional Student Loan Forgiveness Program; imposing powers and duties on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; and making an appropriation. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB195 | Providing for Mental Health Workforce Retention Program; and making an appropriation. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB268 | In public assistance, further providing for the medically needy and determination of eligibility. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| HB269 | Further providing for drug overdose medication. | Crossed Over | 01/22/2025 |
| HB298 | In public assistance, providing for waivers to be requested for medical assistance. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| HB348 | In departmental powers and duties as to licensing, providing for notice of legal representation for medical assistance. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| HB361 | Providing for Collaborative Care Model and Primary Care Behavioral Health Model Implementation Program. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| HB399 | In public assistance, further providing for administration of assistance programs. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| HB415 | In powers and duties of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, providing for suicide prevention. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| HB440 | In public assistance, providing for prohibition on medical assistance managed care payment for provider-preventable conditions. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| HB494 | Providing for departmental powers and duties as to small personal care homes; and imposing penalties. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HB561 | 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. | Crossed Over | 02/12/2025 |
| HB564 | Providing for mental health crisis response; and imposing duties on the Department of Human Services. | Crossed Over | 02/12/2025 |
| HB640 | In powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing for managed care organization assessment, for intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability assessments, for hospital assessments, for Statewide quality care assessments and for nursing facility assessment; in powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties; in judicial admi | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| HB749 | In public assistance, providing for distribution of SNAP benefits. | Crossed Over | 02/26/2025 |
| HB821 | In departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for regulations. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| HB857 | In public assistance, further providing for emergency transportation services. | In Committee | 03/11/2025 |
| HB915 | Providing for Child and Adult Care Food Program Supplement. | In Committee | 03/17/2025 |
| HB931 | Requiring identification of lawful presence in the United States as a prerequisite to the receipt of public benefits. | In Committee | 03/17/2025 |
| HB936 | In public assistance, further providing for definitions and for copayments for subsidized child care. | In Committee | 03/17/2025 |
| HB951 | In registration of vehicles, further providing for person with disability plate and placard; in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees; and, in powers of department and local authorities, further providing for specific powers of department and local authorities. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| HB1068 | Providing for licensure of family members to provide skilled care to designated children, for applications for licensure, for qualifications for licensure, for employment and compensation of licensed family members, for limitations and supervision of licensed family members, for notice to parents of recipients and for authorization of covered skilled care. | In Committee | 03/31/2025 |
| HB1100 | In public assistance, providing for waiver to purchase diapers or menstrual hygiene products. | Crossed Over | 03/31/2025 |
| HB1101 | In school health services, providing for Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program; and making an appropriation. | In Committee | 03/31/2025 |
| HB1108 | In public assistance, further providing for copayments for subsidized child care; and making a repeal. | Crossed Over | 04/03/2025 |
| HB1117 | In powers and duties of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, further providing for powers and duties. | Crossed Over | 04/03/2025 |
| HB1128 | Establishing the Medicaid Care Transition Program; and imposing duties on the Department of Human Services. | In Committee | 04/04/2025 |
| HB1156 | In public assistance, further providing for verification of eligibility. | In Committee | 04/07/2025 |
| HB1345 | In public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for menopause treatments. | In Committee | 04/30/2025 |
| HB1429 | In public assistance, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards. | Crossed Over | 05/07/2025 |
| HB1435 | In public assistance, providing for payments for extraordinary personal care services. | In Committee | 05/08/2025 |
| HB1470 | In public assistance, providing for subscription model for GLP-1 agonists. | In Committee | 05/15/2025 |
| HB1564 | In public assistance, further providing for copayments for subsidized child care. | In Committee | 06/26/2025 |
| HB1590 | In public assistance, providing for abrogation of regulatory requirements for payment for clinic services within physical confines of clinic facilities. | Crossed Over | 06/06/2025 |
| HB1707 | Establishing the Social Worker Educational Enrollment and Training Pilot Program; and providing for authorization of internships, for award of internships and for funding of the Social Worker Educational Enrollment and Training Pilot Program. | In Committee | 07/08/2025 |
| HB1721 | In public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for peer recovery support services. | In Committee | 07/14/2025 |
| HB1807 | In public assistance, providing for work requirements for Medicaid enrollees. | In Committee | 08/19/2025 |
| HB1808 | In public assistance, further providing for workfare program. | In Committee | 08/19/2025 |
| HB1848 | In casualty insurance, providing for coverage for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy; and establishing the Children's Therapies Medical Assistance Savings Account. | In Committee | 09/09/2025 |
| HR10 | Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study of how Home and Community-Based Services waivers can be improved to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities, including programs administered by the Office of Long-Term Living and Office of Developmental Programs. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HR78 | Directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish an advisory committee and conduct a comprehensive study regarding the effectiveness of the Commonwealth's multidisciplinary approach to infants born affected by substance use or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, including the success with or barriers to developing plans of safe care as required by Federal and State law. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| HR102 | Designating the month of March 2025 as "Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| HR103 | Recognizing the month of April 2025 as "National Volunteer Month" in Pennsylvania. | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| HR134 | Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study and issue a report on the programs administered by the Office of Long-Term Living and the Office of Developmental Programs focused on how to improve the experience of individuals with disabilities that receive a Home and Community-Based Services waiver. | In Committee | 03/19/2025 |
| HR208 | Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the services, processes and wait times in the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services within the Department of Labor and Industry. | In Committee | 04/28/2025 |
| HR220 | Designating the week of May 4 through 10, 2025, as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania. | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| HR253 | Directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish a task force and advisory committee on increasing access to drug and alcohol treatment for substance use disorders; and directing the task force to make recommendations to the General Assembly. | In Committee | 06/06/2025 |
| HR285 | Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a registry for those who abuse individuals considered to be vulnerable populations. | In Committee | 07/14/2025 |
| HR289 | Recognizing July 26, 2025, as "Americans with Disabilities Act Day" in Pennsylvania. | In Committee | 08/04/2025 |
| HR290 | Recognizing the month of September 2025 as "National Recovery Month" in Pennsylvania. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 08/04/2025 |
| HR291 | Recognizing the month of September 2025 as "Suicide Prevention Awareness Month" and September 10, 2025, as "World Suicide Prevention Day" in Pennsylvania. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 08/04/2025 |
| HR312 | Recognizing October 15, 2025, as "White Cane Safety Day" in Pennsylvania. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 09/11/2025 |
| HR313 | Recognizing the week of September 7 through 13, 2025, as "National Suicide Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 09/11/2025 |
| HR341 | Urging the Department of Human Services to immediately transmit the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enrollment data as required by the United States Department of Agriculture. | In Committee | 10/08/2025 |
| SB115 | In general powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare, further providing for personal care home and assisted living residence administrators; and abrogating regulations. | Crossed Over | 06/17/2025 |
| SB155 | In public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance. | Crossed Over | 01/29/2025 |
| SB156 | In public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance. | Crossed Over | 01/29/2025 |
| SB157 | In public assistance, further providing for reports to General Assembly. | Crossed Over | 01/29/2025 |