---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties, providing for coordinated service delivery pilot program; in public assistance, further providing for meeting special needs, work supports and incentives, for medical assistance payments for institutional care and providing for nonemergency medical transportation services; creating opportunities for hospitals and managed care organizations to improve health care outcomes and to further reduce unnecessary and inappropriate services in the Commonwealth's medical assistance program; in the aged, establishing the LIFE Program; in children and youth, further providing for provider submissions; in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for the Quality Care Assessment Account and for expiration; in departmental powers and duties as to supervision, further providing for definitions; in departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for definitions; and imposing a duty on the Department of Human Services."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties, providing for coordinated service delivery pilot program; in public assistance, further providing for meeting special needs, work supports and incentives, for medical assistance payments for institutional care and providing for nonemergency medical transportation services; creating opportunities for hospitals and managed care organizations to improve health care outcomes and to further reduce unnecessary and inappropriate services in the Commonwealth's medical assistance program; in the aged, establishing the LIFE Program; in children and youth, further providing for provider submissions; in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for the Quality Care Assessment Account and for expiration; in departmental powers and duties as to supervision, further providing for definitions; in departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for definitions; and imposing a duty on the Department of Human Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1677"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1677 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortitay"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f14f65a-1a0e-463c-8600-e6706b61893b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1677"
source_hash: "4b3587c17f250dbed38a7320cf8bd97268fb53fe62caf4d802b09d61087b81be"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 1677 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties, providing for coordinated service delivery pilot program; in public assistance, further providing for meeting special needs, work supports and incentives, for medical assistance payments for institutional care and providing for nonemergency medical transportation services; creating opportunities for hospitals and managed care organizations to improve health care outcomes and to further reduce unnecessary and inappropriate services in the Commonwealth's medical assistance program; in the aged, establishing the LIFE Program; in children and youth, further providing for provider submissions; in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for the Quality Care Assessment Account and for expiration; in departmental powers and duties as to supervision, further providing for definitions; in departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for definitions; and imposing a duty on the Department of Human Services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 2246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1677&pn=2246)
2. **Printer's No. 2736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1677&pn=2736)
3. **Printer's No. 3675** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1677&pn=3675)
4. **Printer's No. 3809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1677&pn=3809)

## Votes

- HB 1677 PN 3809, CONCUR — **186–7** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortitay — primary (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2246 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2736 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3675 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3809 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f14f65a-1a0e-463c-8600-e6706b61893b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).