---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 21, 2013 (P.L.32, No.10), known as the Community-Based Health Care Act, in health care assistance, further providing for Community-Based Health Care Program."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 21, 2013 (P.L.32, No.10), known as the Community-Based Health Care Act, in health care assistance, further providing for Community-Based Health Care Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 273 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed0df2f-c78d-47cd-956d-2fa001c9576d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=273"
source_hash: "e1e0b061cf4b553140e6ef344913db9384184409a6b626c31846115f3da2c34f"
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 SB 273 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of May 21, 2013 (P.L.32, No.10), known as the Community-Based Health Care Act, in health care assistance, further providing for Community-Based Health Care Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0273&pn=0224)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Ward — primary (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0224 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/4ed0df2f-c78d-47cd-956d-2fa001c9576d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).