LGBTQ Addiction Treatment in Pennsylvania

Treatment rules and programs in Pennsylvania

Who oversees treatment

Pennsylvania's Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) licenses freestanding drug and alcohol treatment facilities and publicly funded recovery houses, and works with county single county authorities.

Prescription monitoring

Pennsylvania's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. It collects information on dispensed controlled substance prescriptions so providers can prescribe more safely.

Public coverage for treatment

Pennsylvania's Medicaid program is called Medical Assistance and pays for many substance use treatment services for eligible people, mainly through Behavioral HealthChoices managed care organizations.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Under Act 139 of 2014, a person who reports an overdose in good faith and stays with the victim, and the person overdosing, are protected from prosecution for certain drug possession offenses and from probation or parole violations. It does not cover delivery or distribution charges.

Featured IOP and day programs in Pennsylvania

Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

How IOP and PHP work

Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) usually meet about three hours a day, three to five days a week. Partial hospitalization programs (PHP), also called day treatment, run most of the day while you sleep at home. Both deliver group and individual therapy, and many include medication management.

Every program on this page reports one of these levels of care plus an LGBTQ program or group.

LGBTQ Addiction Treatment by city in Pennsylvania

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Allentown
• Harrisburg
• Lancaster
• Scranton
• Reading
• York
• Erie
• Pottstown
• State College
• Lebanon
• Bethlehem
• Altoona
• Hanover
• Johnstown
• Monessen
• East Stroudsburg
• Hazleton
• Williamsport
• Chambersburg
• Levittown
• Bloomsburg
• Uniontown
• Wilkes-Barre
• Pottsville
• New Castle
• Butler
• Norristown
• Chester
• Bethel Park
• Milton
• Shamokin
• Drexel Hill
• Sunbury
• Monroeville
• Easton
• Indiana
• Plum
• Waynesboro
• Mount Pocono
• Allison Park
• Meadville
• Lewistown
• King of Prussia
• West Chester
• West Mifflin
• Murrysville
• Baldwin
• Carlisle
• McKeesport
• Shenandoah
• Sayre
• Shippensburg
• Lansdale
• Phoenixville
• Lock Haven
• Fullerton
• Hermitage
• Wilkinsburg
• Willow Grove
• Franklin Park
• New Freedom
• Hershey
• Warren
• Tamaqua
• Greensburg
• Oil City
• Ephrata
• Colonial Park
• Washington
• South Park Township
• Montgomeryville
• Coatesville
• Bellefonte
• Dunmore
• Kittanning
• Sharon
• Weigelstown
• Kingston
• Ardmore
• New Kensington
• St. Marys
• Carnot-Moon
• Ellwood City
• Somerset
• Yeadon
• Mountain Top
• Emmaus
• Elizabethtown
• Bradford
• DuBois
• Broomall
• Huntingdon
• Jefferson Hills
• Grove City
• Lower Burrell
• Shiloh
• Munhall
• Darby
• Lansdowne
• Wyomissing
• Columbia
• Nanticoke
• Park Forest Village
• Clearfield
• Clarion
• Kutztown
• Progress
• Cresson
• Croydon
• Lititz
• Mechanicsburg
• Franklin
• Morrisville
• Mount Joy
• Plymouth Meeting
• Ambridge
• Corry
• Kennett Square
• Northern Cambria
• Lewisburg
• Media
• Honesdale
• Oxford
• Collegeville

Cost and coverage

The cost of treatment depends mostly on the level of care, length of stay and your insurance. Residential care costs the most; outpatient therapy the least. Many programs on SAMHSA's directory accept private insurance, and some offer sliding-scale fees. See our insurance guides.

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