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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for outpatient psychiatric oversight."
description: "An Act providing for outpatient psychiatric oversight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 478 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pickett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f0d5353-6ee1-47c8-bc15-d91838e2b15b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=478"
source_hash: "b039b125ef20b873caf8f9c9112726b1761ff19952bec5a9d97b24bffed7595a"
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 478 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for outpatient psychiatric oversight.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0502** (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=0478&pn=0502)
2. **Printer's No. 2699** (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=0478&pn=2699)
3. **Printer's No. 3434** (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=0478&pn=3434)
## Votes
- HB 478 PN 3434, CONCUR — **1900** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **230** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **1900** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **490** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — **120** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pickett — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Milne — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0502 Referred to HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2699 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3434 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+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/5f0d5353-6ee1-47c8-bc15-d91838e2b15b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).