republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-270.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions, providing for medication synchronization, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier and for board, providing for medication therapy management and further providing for coordination of benefits.	An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions, providing for medication synchronization, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier and for board, providing for medication therapy management and further providing for coordination of benefits.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 270	Pennsylvania HB 270 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Farry	3	23	5	2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/41c36368-2292-4c5c-b098-7216da357bf0	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=270	ca822c122af5568a60d1623d17bf3f225e8526fac99e5fa18e60da5792a4759b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 270 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions, providing for medication synchronization, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier and for board, providing for medication therapy management and further providing for coordination of benefits.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0949 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 4210 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 4245 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 176–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 270 PN 949, 2017 A10067, FARRY — 194–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Farry — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Bullock — cosponsor (person)
• C. Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Cephas — cosponsor (person)
• Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Galloway — cosponsor (person)
• Godshall — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
• Kavulich — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Masser — cosponsor (person)
• Matzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mccarter — cosponsor (person)
• Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Mullery — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
• Santora — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Sims — cosponsor (person)
• Solomon — cosponsor (person)
• Staats — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0949 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES referral-committee
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4210 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to AGING AND YOUTH referral-committee
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4245 Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 4245
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41c36368-2292-4c5c-b098-7216da357bf0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).