republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), known as the Mental Health Procedures Act, in general provisions, further providing for scope of act, providing for definitions, further providing for treatment facilities and for individualized treatment plan and providing for assisted outpatient treatment implementation by counties and for assisted outpatient treatment implementation by department; in involuntary examination and treatment, further providing for persons subject, for involuntary emergency examination and treatment authorized by physician, for persons for whom application may be made, and for additional periods of court-ordered involuntary treatment; and adding provisions relating to assisted outpatient treatment."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), known as the Mental Health Procedures Act, in general provisions, further providing for scope of act, providing for definitions, further providing for treatment facilities and for individualized treatment plan and providing for assisted outpatient treatment implementation by counties and for assisted outpatient treatment implementation by department; in involuntary examination and treatment, further providing for persons subject, for involuntary emergency examination and treatment authorized by physician, for persons for whom application may be made, and for additional periods of court-ordered involuntary treatment; and adding provisions relating to assisted outpatient treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1233"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1233 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5c2043-e27f-4df1-9590-00f8dbe3247a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1233"
source_hash: "34dfb874dacad86c1422948e16d54615d7486e440c75046c31cd5f9c6952b4c7"
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 1233 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), known as the Mental Health Procedures Act, in general provisions, further providing for scope of act, providing for definitions, further providing for treatment facilities and for individualized treatment plan and providing for assisted outpatient treatment implementation by counties and for assisted outpatient treatment implementation by department; in involuntary examination and treatment, further providing for persons subject, for involuntary emergency examination and treatment authorized by physician, for persons for whom application may be made, and for additional periods of court-ordered involuntary treatment; and adding provisions relating to assisted outpatient treatment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1460** (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=1233&pn=1460)
2. **Printer's No. 1838** (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=1233&pn=1838)
3. **Printer's No. 2083** (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=1233&pn=2083)
4. **Printer's No. 3188** (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=1233&pn=3188)
5. **Printer's No. 4252** (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=1233&pn=4252)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **189–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1233 PN 4252, CONCUR — **181–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1233 PN 1838, 2017 A1992, MURT — **196–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murt — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bloom — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Delissio — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Mustio — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Toepel — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1460 Referred to HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1838 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2083 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3188 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4252 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+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** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **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`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/ef5c2043-e27f-4df1-9590-00f8dbe3247a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).