---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 108 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartolotta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab41557-1450-4842-b2ae-ab88fdeca145"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=108"
source_hash: "6173b0cbf10430df3eff8f5c274752a4f8588d3310834f1937e1797d43ad3c49"
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 108 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0073** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0108&pn=0073)

## Votes

- SB 108 PN 73, 2021 A878, DELISSIO — **89–113** (fail) · lower
- SB 108 PN 73, Final Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartolotta — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0073 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 56 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab41557-1450-4842-b2ae-ab88fdeca145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).