PRINTER'S NO. 1501
No. 1304 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY GLADECK, GODSHALL, MERRY, KENNEY, PERZEL, FLICK,
SHOWERS, FOX, MORRIS, MILLER, PETRARCA AND MICOZZIE, MAY 6,
1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MAY 6, 1987
AN ACT
1 Providing for the establishment, administration and distribution
2 of the Human Services Development Fund; and imposing
3 additional powers and duties on the Department of Public
4 Welfare.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Short title.
8 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Human
9 Services Development Fund Act.
10 Section 2. Definitions.
11 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
12 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
13 context clearly indicates otherwise:
14 "Department." The Department of Public Welfare of the
15 Commonwealth.
16 "Fund." The Human Services Development Fund established in
17 section 3.
18 "Human services." Services which provide care, assistance,
1 housing, training, counseling, transportation and related
2 services for the indigent, needy, deprived, neglected, mentally
3 ill, mentally retarded, physically handicapped, abused,
4 homeless, aged and other persons requiring assistance under
5 standards established by the Federal or State government or by
6 county governments.
7 Section 3. Human Services Development Fund.
8 (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a separate
9 account in the State Treasury, to be known as the Human Services
10 Development Fund, for the purpose of providing discretionary
11 grants to counties for human services.
12 (b) Administration.--The fund shall be administered by the
13 department, which shall be responsible for determining the
14 annual grant of each county and the semiannual reimbursement to
15 the various counties based on the limitation of the annual
16 appropriation and the distribution formula in section 4.
17 (c) Utilization.--Each county which receives an annual grant
18 from the fund shall have the power to, and may, allocate that
19 grant or any portion thereof for the provision of human
20 services. All funds received in the form of a grant shall be
21 used by the county solely for the provision of human services.
22 Section 4. Distribution of fund.
23 (a) Formula.--The annual grant to each county shall be
24 determined by application of the following formula:
25 (1) Each county shall receive a minimum grant of $75,000
26 per year.
27 (2) Seventy-five percent of the balance remaining after
28 the application of paragraph (1) shall be distributed to each
29 county on a per capita basis, multiplied by the number of
30 county residents who are below the poverty level.
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1 (3) Twenty-five percent of the balance remaining after
2 the application of paragraph (1) shall be distributed to each
3 county on a per capita basis.
4 (b) Reimbursement.--Each county shall be reimbursed on a
5 semiannual basis by the department upon submission of vouchers
6 and other evidence indicating performance of the services.
7 Section 5. Regulations.
8 The department shall, in the manner provided by law,
9 promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to carry out this
10 act.
11 Section 6. Application of act.
12 This act shall apply to all expenses incurred by counties
13 after July 1, 1987, for the provisions of human services.
14 Section 7. Limitations.
15 No county or city of the first class or county of the second
16 class shall be eligible for funds under this act unless it has
17 developed a community work experience program pursuant to
18 section 405 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
19 as the Public Welfare Code, that satisfies minimal standards
20 established by the department.
21 Section 8. Effective date.
22 This act shall take effect July 1, 1987, or immediately,
23 whichever is later.
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