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HB 282PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billpassed chamber

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Pennsylvania House Bill 282 authorizes medical assistance reentry programs for incarcerated individuals

Original title: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for persons eligible for medical assistance.

Last action · June 3, 2025: Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, June 3, 2025Sponsors: Tim Briggs and 22 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Pennsylvania authorizes the Department of Human Services to establish a reentry program providing substance use disorder treatment and case management services prior to release for incarcerated individuals, starting January 1, 2026, subject to federal approval and county opt-in.

Why it matters

Changes how correctional institutions and the state handle health coverage for inmates by allowing pre-release access and removing the previous statutory two-year suspension limit for incarcerated recipients.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Incarcerated medical assistance recipients

Recipients can access substance use disorder treatment and case management prior to release and have their medical assistance suspension duration altered.

Directly affected

County correctional institutions

County facilities have the option to voluntarily apply to participate in the reentry program and coordinate health care services.

Directly affected

Department of Human Services

The department is authorized to establish the reentry program, review county applications, and submit a performance report to the General Assembly.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the new reentry program services?

Eligible recipients who are incarcerated in a correctional institution that voluntarily participates in the reentry program.

How does a county correctional institution join the reentry program?

A county may request participation by submitting an application prescribed by the department, adopted by a majority vote of the county's governing body, signed by the board of commissioners' chairperson, and attested by the chief clerk or equivalent.

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Where This Stands

Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.

Procedural history

11 actions

Jun 3, 2025SenateCommittee
Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, June 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025Senate
In the Senate
Jun 3, 2025HouseFloor
Third consideration and final passage, June 3, 2025 (153-50)
Jun 3, 2025HouseCommittee
Re-reported as committed, June 3, 2025
Jun 2, 2025House
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 2, 2025
Jun 2, 2025HouseFloor
Second consideration, with amendments, June 2, 2025

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May 14, 2025House
Removed from table, May 14, 2025
May 5, 2025House
Laid on the table, May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025House
Reported as amended, May 5, 2025
Jan 22, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 22, 2025

Version history & redline

3 versions on file

Comparing Printer's No. 1594 → Printer's No. 1800

removed addedOfficial text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 225 NOS. 225, 1594 PRINTER'S NO. 1594 1800 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 282 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, KHAN, SCHLOSSBERG, GIRAL, KENYATTA, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, McNEILL, CARROLL, KINKEAD, KAZEEM, MAYES, HANBIDGE, HOHENSTEIN, D. WILLIAMS, GREEN, RIVERA RIVERA, K.HARRIS AND K.HARRIS, MADSEN, JANUARY 22, 2025 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE AMENDED ON JUDICIARY, SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 5, JUNE 2, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare […]

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Lobbying Activity

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Related Legislation

State Bill

House Bill 216 updates penalties and expands prohibited acts under the Human Services Code for medical assistance fraud

Pennsylvania House Bill 216 expands the list of prohibited acts, refines criminal penalties based on the dollar amount of excess payments, and mandate

Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift95% confidence

Removal of Two-Year Suspension Limit

The bill removes the previous statutory two-year limit on temporary medical assistance suspensions for incarcerated individuals.

Department of Human Services

Connected Entities

General Assembly, Department of Human Services

OrganizationGeneral Assembly“Receives performance reports on the reentry program.”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Human Services“Administers the medical assistance program and reentry program.”Map →

Sources

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www.palegis.us

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Controversy15
Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
Entertainment5
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Buzz25
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What This Bill Would Do

Who It Would Affect

Key Facts

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Where This Stands

Procedural history

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Related Legislation

House Bill 216 updates penalties and expands prohibited acts under the Human Services Code for medical assistance fraud

Discoveries

Removal of Two-Year Suspension Limit

Connected Entities

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