PRINTER'S NO. 271
No. 241 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BISHOP,
BOYD, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN,
CREIGHTON, DePASQUALE, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY,
GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY,
HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, M. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KOTIK,
LEACH, MANN, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, MOUL, MUNDY, NAILOR,
D. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY,
SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON, J. TAYLOR,
WALKO, WANSACZ, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania Military
3 Child-Care Assistance Program and its operation.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7320. Pennsylvania Military Child-Care Assistance Program.
9 (a) Establishment.--The Pennsylvania Military Child-Care
10 Assistance Program is hereby established. The program shall pay
11 for child care to Pennsylvania families who have one or more
12 parents who are federally deployed for wartime service.
13 (b) Administration.--
14 (1) The department shall contract with a nonprofit
1 entity to administer the program.
2 (2) The department shall promulgate guidelines and
3 regulations necessary to administer the program.
4 (c) Eligibility.--
5 (1) Any qualified Pennsylvania resident who is serving
6 in the active military, reserves or National Guard and who is
7 currently deployed in an active military operation or
8 national emergency shall be eligible.
9 (2) Residents who received child care prior to the
10 deployment shall be eligible only for the cost of any
11 additional hours of care which resulted from the deployment.
12 (3) A resident is ineligible for child care under this
13 section if the resident receives child-care services from the
14 United States military.
15 (d) Funding.--The Military Child-Care Assistance Program
16 shall be funded by the Military Family Relief Fund established
17 under section 7319 (relating to military family relief
18 assistance).
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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