House Bill 19
2021-2022 Regular Session
An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions, for respiratory therapists, for perfusionist, for genetic counselor and for prosthetists, orthotists, pedorthists and orthotic fitters; providing for behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts; and further providing for licenses and certificates and general qualification.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
Representative Thomas Mehaffie
R House District 106
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver
R House District 108
Rep. Rosemary Brown
R House District 189
Rep. Danilo Burgos
D House District 197
Rep. Joe Ciresi
D House District 146
Rep. Austin Davis
D House District 35
Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141
Rep. Dan Frankel
D House District 23
Rep. Robert Freeman
D House District 136
Rep. John Galloway
D House District 140
Rep. Valerie Gaydos
R House District 44
Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
Rep. MaryLouise Isaacson
D House District 175
Rep. Anita Kulik
D House District 45
Rep. Brandon Markosek
D House District 25
Rep. Jim Marshall
R House District 14
Rep. Dan Miller
D House District 42
Rep. Tracy Pennycuick
R House District 147
Rep. F. Todd Polinchock
R House District 144
Rep. Francis Ryan
R House District 101
Rep. Christina Sappey
D House District 158
Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
Rep. Melissa Shusterman
D House District 157
Rep. James Struzzi
R House District 62
Rep. Wendi Thomas
R House District 178
Rep. Sara Innamorato
D House District 21
Rep. Meghan Schroeder
R House District 29
Rep. Robert Merski
D House District 2
Rep. Mike Zabel
D House District 163
Rep. Curtis Sonney
R House District 4
Rep. Ed Gainey
D House District 24
Rep. Todd Stephens
R House District 151
Rep. Louis Schmitt
R House District 79
Rep. Anthony DeLuca
D House District 32
Rep. R. Lee James
R House District 64
Rep. Frank Burns
D House District 72
Rep. Mike Carroll
D House District 118
Rep. Brian Sims
D House District 182
Rep. Kathleen Tomlinson
R House District 18
Rep. Frank Farry
R House District 142
Rep. Bridget Kosierowski
D House District 114
Rep. Brian Smith
R House District 66
Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133
Rep. Gary Day
R House District 187
Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson
D House District 154
Rep. David Delloso
D House District 162
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Feb. 7, 2022
Senate
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| 0846 | Referred to Professional Licensure, March 11, 2021 |
| 2639 | Reported as amended, Jan. 24, 2022 |
| First consideration, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Laid on the table, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Removed from table, Jan. 25, 2022 | |
| 2669 | Second consideration, with amendments, Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Re-committed to Appropriations, Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 102-103), Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| Re-reported as committed, Feb. 7, 2022 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 7, 2022 (134-66) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 139-140), Feb. 7, 2022 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, Feb. 7, 2022 |
Printers Numbers
Amendments
House Amendments to Printers Number 2639
House Amendments to Printers Number 846
Votes
Monday, February 7, 2022
House Floor Vote
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House Floor Vote - House Bill 19 PN2669, FP - opens in a new tab
Monday, February 7, 2022
House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote - House Bill 19 PN2669, Re-report Bill As Committed - opens in a new tab
House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote - House Bill 19 PN2669, Re-report Bill As Committed - opens in a new tab
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - House Floor Vote
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Monday, January 24, 2022 - House PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE Committee Vote
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Monday, January 24, 2022 - House PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
(to consider House Bills No. 19, 69, 609 and 2800; and Nominee Katie Zerfuss, Nominee John F. Coleman Jr., and Nominee Stephen DeFrank)
(to consider House Bills No. 19, 69, 609 and 2800; and Nominee Katie Zerfuss, Nominee John F. Coleman Jr., and Nominee Stephen DeFrank)
(to consider House Bills No. 19 and 1161)
(to consider House Bills No. 19 and 1161)
Voting meeting on HB 19, HB 1328, HB 1440, HB 1862.
Voting meeting on HB 19, HB 1328, HB 1440, HB 1862.
Informational meeting on HB 19: Better Access to Treatment Act ('BAT').
Informational meeting on HB 19: Better Access to Treatment Act ('BAT').
Statute References
This bill amends the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.0457, No.0112), known as the Medical Practice Act Of 1985. Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.
Rep. Aaron Kaufer
R House District 120
Rep. Steven Mentzer
R House District 97
Rep. Christopher Quinn
R House District 168
Rep. David Millard
R House District 109
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December 20, 1985 (P.L.0457, No.0112), known as the Medical Practice Act Of 1985
House Bill 19
2021-2022 Regular Session
Sponsors
MEHAFFIE, SCHLEGEL CULVER, R. BROWN, BURGOS, CIRESI, A. DAVIS, T. DAVIS, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GAYDOS, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, ISAACSON, KULIK, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, D. MILLER, PENNYCUICK, POLINCHOCK, RYAN, SAPPEY, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN, STRUZZI, THOMAS, INNAMORATO, SCHROEDER, MERSKI, ZABEL, SONNEY, GAINEY, STEPHENS, SCHMITT, DeLUCA, JAMES, BURNS, CARROLL, SIMS, TOMLINSON, FARRY, KOSIEROWSKI, SMITH, McNEILL, DAY, SANCHEZ, N. NELSON, DELLOSO
Short Title
An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions, for respiratory therapists, for perfusionist, for genetic counselor and for prosthetists, orthotists, pedorthists and orthotic fitters; providing for behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts; and further providing for licenses and certificates and general qualification.
Memo Subject
Better Access to Treatment Act (BAT): Recognizing Applied Behavior Analysis as an Independent Profession in PA
Actions
| 0846 | Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, March 11, 2021 |
| 2639 | Reported as amended, Jan. 24, 2022 |
| First consideration, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Laid on the table, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Removed from table, Jan. 25, 2022 | |
| 2669 | Second consideration, with amendments, Jan. 26, 2022 |
| Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 102-103), Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| Re-reported as committed, Feb. 7, 2022 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 7, 2022 (134-66) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 139-140), Feb. 7, 2022 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, Feb. 7, 2022 |
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