PRINTER'S NO. 124
No. 62 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, VEON, CURRY, GRUCELA, KIRKLAND, STURLA,
BEBKO-JONES, BLACKWELL, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE, JAMES,
KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, MANDERINO, MELIO, THOMAS, PISTELLA,
WASHINGTON AND WHEATLEY, JANUARY 31, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
JANUARY 31, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for the Office of
21 Minority Health in the Department of Health.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
26 section to read:
1 Section 2126. Office of Minority Health.--There is hereby
2 established an office within the Department of Health to be
3 known as the Office of Minority Health. The staff of the office,
4 office space, supplies and other requirements shall be provided
5 by the Department of Health at the discretion of the Secretary
6 of Health. The office shall address health-related issues of
7 minority communities including, but not limited to, access to
8 health delivery systems by minority populations, and shall have
9 such other related powers and duties as may be directed by the
10 Secretary of Health.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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