Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Providing for behavioral health benefits for justice-involved children; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for costs and expenses of care of child, providing for mandatory intake conference and screening in cases alleging delinquency and further providing for informal adjustment and for powers and duties.
Subject:
Description: An Act amending Titles 40 (Insurance) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for behavioral health benefits for justice-involved children; and, in juvenile matters, further providing for definitions and for costs and expenses of care of child, providing for mandatory intake conference and screening in cases alleging delinquency and further providing for informal adjustment and for powers and duties.
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: April 29, 2026
Link: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb2477
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19 sponsors: Liz Hanbidge (D); Emily Kinkead (D); Jeanne McNeill (D); Ben Sanchez (D); Benjamin Waxman (D); Ana Tiburcio (D); La'Tasha Mayes (D); Carol Hill-Evans (D); Lindsay Powell (D); Tarik Khan (D); Danielle Otten (D); Lisa Borowski (D); Joseph Hohenstein (D); Sean Dougherty (D); Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D); Malcolm Kenyatta (D); Mandy Steele (D); Heather Boyd (D); John Inglis (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 29, 2026 | Referred to Judiciary |
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 29, 2026 | state bill text | bill text |
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