PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 927 PRINTER'S NO. 1070
No. 851 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SCANLON AND NOLAN, JUNE 17, 1975
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JULY 8, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act to improve local health
3 administration throughout the Commonwealth by authorizing the
4 creation, establishment and administration of single-county
5 or joint-county departments of health in all counties;
6 exempting certain municipalities from the jurisdiction of
7 single-county or joint-county departments of health;
8 permitting the dissolution of departments or boards of health
9 in certain municipalities; authorizing State grants to
10 counties which establish departments of health and to certain
11 municipalities if they meet prescribed requirements;
12 conferring powers and duties upon the State Department of
13 Health in connection with the creation, establishment and
14 administration of single-county or joint-county departments
15 of health and administration of the health laws in parts of
16 certain municipalities not subject to the jurisdiction of
17 single-county or joint-county departments of health, and the
18 administration of State grants; and repealing an act which
19 confers health powers upon counties of the first class,"
20 providing for State grants to county departments of health
21 and certain municipalities for environmental health services.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 25, act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304,
25 No.315), known as the "Local Health Administration Law," is
26 amended by adding a subsection to read:
27 Section 25. State Grants to County Departments of Health and
28 to Certain Municipalities.--* * *
1 (d) Environmental Health Services.--The Commonwealth shall
2 pay an annual grant of NOT MORE THAN seventy-five cents (75¢) <--
3 per capita resident to each county department of health or
4 department or board of health of a municipality eligible for
5 grants under this act for environmental health services provided
6 by the county or municipality.
7 As used in this subsection "environmental health services"
8 means services such as but not limited to air and noise
9 pollution control, restaurant and wholesale food inspection,
10 rodent and vector control, water and sewage inspection, housing
11 code enforcement and other similar services for which purposes <--
12 payments under subsections (a), (b) and (c) are not made and
13 cannot be used IN ADDITION TO OTHER LOCAL HEALTH GRANTS FOR <--
14 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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