republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-1561.md

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Bill	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 definitions and for confidentiality of records.	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 definitions and for confidentiality of records.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 1561	Pennsylvania HB 1561 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Farry	2	21	4	2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00	2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f7cf2159-1402-43f5-88b1-db11ec3c3063	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1561	b5019d0141a1a45f119a743e2446898fcf5f03a1a1cdd6b8f8b5cc1ffce0a69b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1561 (2021-2022) — 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 definitions and for confidentiality of records.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1693 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2317 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1561 PN 2317, Final Passage — 47–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Farry — primary (person)
• A. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Boyle — cosponsor (person)
• Burgos — cosponsor (person)
• C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Cephas — cosponsor (person)
• Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• Cutler — cosponsor (person)
• Delloso — cosponsor (person)
• Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Herrin — cosponsor (person)
• Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Mullins — cosponsor (person)
• N. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
• Owlett — cosponsor (person)
• Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
• R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Sappey — cosponsor (person)
• Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1693 Referred to HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2317 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 32 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7cf2159-1402-43f5-88b1-db11ec3c3063. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).