PRINTER'S NO. 472
No. 408 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, BAKER, BASTIAN, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, FAIRCHILD, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, M. KELLER, MACKERETH, MARSICO, MELIO, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, NICKOL, O'NEILL, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PYLE, REICHLEY, ROHRER, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, STEIL, SWANGER, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
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 Department thereof and the administrative 4 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof, 5 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or 6 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or 7 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative 8 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and 9 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative 10 officers, and of the several administrative departments, 11 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the 12 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive 13 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of 14 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and 15 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards, 16 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the 17 number and compensation of the deputies and all other 18 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and 19 commissions shall be determined," further providing, in 20 Department of Aging, for the allocation of Federal and State 21 funds to area agencies. 22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 23 hereby enacts as follows: 24 Section 1. Section 2210-A of the act of April 9, 1929
1 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, 2 amended December 15, 1988 (P.L.1244, No.153), is amended to 3 read: 4 Section 2210-A. Allocation of Resources.--(a) The area 5 agency shall receive a basic allocation of resources, consisting 6 of State and Federal funds weighted by the proportion of older 7 poor persons who reside in the planning and service area in 8 relation to the total number of older poor persons who reside in 9 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania utilizing poverty threshold 10 income standards as determined by the United States Office of 11 Management and Budget [except that each area agency shall be 12 held harmless to the amount of State funds received in the 13 preceding program year]. 14 (b) The department may allocate additional resources to area 15 agencies based upon the total number of older persons who reside 16 within the planning and service area, the availability of 17 transportation services, the rural-urban distribution of older 18 persons, and attendant rural program cost differentials, the 19 need for social and medical services, the amount of funds 20 devoted by county commissioners for older persons and other 21 special circumstances as determined by the secretary. 22 (c) Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this act 23 shall be distributed to the local authorities or nonprofit 24 agencies as grants or cost reimbursement for services to the 25 aging, if there is an acceptable plan in accordance with section 26 2209-A. 27 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. A3L71DMS/20070H0408B0472 - 2 -