republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1677.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1677	Pennsylvania HB 1677 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Ortitay	4	25	6	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5f14f65a-1a0e-463c-8600-e6706b61893b	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1677	4b3587c17f250dbed38a7320cf8bd97268fb53fe62caf4d802b09d61087b81be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Printer's No. 2736 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3675 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 3809 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/5f14f65a-1a0e-463c-8600-e6706b61893b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).