1 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 2 * * * * 3 House Bill 1692 4 Involuntary Treatment for Drug & Alcohol Addiction 5 * * * * 6 House Human Services Committee 7 Capitol Building 8 East Wing, Hearing Room 60 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 9 10 Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 9:00 a.m. 11 --oOo-- 12 COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: 13 Honorable Gene DiGirolamo, Majority Chairman 14 Honorable Russ Diamond Honorable Joe Emrick 15 Honorable Tom Murt Honorable Eric Nelson 16 Honorable Jason Ortitay Honorable Tom Quigley 17 Honorable Mark M. Gillen Honorable Jack Rader 18 Honorable Brad Roae Honorable Craig Staats 19 Honorable Judith Ward Honorable Ryan Warner 20 Honorable Parke Wentling Honorable Martina White 21 Honorable David Zimmerman Honorable Jason Dawkins 22 Honorable Michael Driscoll Honorable Stephen Kinsey 23 Honorable Dan Miller Honorable Eddie Day Pashinski 24 25 1300 Garrison Drive, York, PA 17404 717.764.7801 Key Reporters
[email protected] 2 1 INDEX OF TESTIFIERS 2 TESTIFIERS PAGE 3 Opening remarks by Majority Chairman 4 DiGirolamo............................ 4 5 Opening remarks by Representative Readshaw 6 6 Doctor Rachel Levine, Physician General 8 7 Deb Beck, President..................... 14 Drug & Alcohol Service Providers 8 Organization of PA 9 Dennis Troy, Mayor...................... 29 Brentwood Borough 10 David Freed, District Attorney.......... 36 11 Cumberland County 12 13 SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY 14 Gary Tennis, Secretary PA Dept. Of Drug & Alcohol Programs 15 Michele Denk, Executive Director 16 PA Association of County, Drug & Alcohol Administrators 17 18 (See other submitted testimony and handouts online.) 19 20 21 22 INDEX OF REQUESTED DOCUMENTS OR INFORMATION 23 Page Line Page Line Page Line 24 (None) 25 Key Reporters
[email protected] 3 1 MAJORITY CHAIRMAN DiGIROLAMO: Good 2 morning, everyone.