PRINTER'S NO. 1545
No. 1337 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY RICHARDSON, VEON, E. Z. TAYLOR, ROBINSON, ACOSTA,
BISHOP, CARN, EVANS, HARPER, HUGHES, JAMES, LINTON, OLIVER,
PRESTON, ROEBUCK, THOMAS, WILLIAMS AND R. C. WRIGHT,
APRIL 26, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, APRIL 26, 1989
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," establishing the Office of
21 Health Education within the Department of Health and
22 providing for its powers and duties.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
1 Section 2122. Office of Health Education.--
2 (a) There is hereby established the Office of Health
3 Education within the Department of Health. Within this office,
4 there is hereby established the Bureau of Mental Hygiene and the
5 Bureau of Health Education.
6 (b) The Secretary of Health shall appoint the operating
7 heads of the office and each bureau, who shall serve at his
8 pleasure. All other professional and clerical staff shall be
9 appointed under the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286),
10 known as the "Civil Service Act."
11 (c) The office is charged generally with the prevention of
12 physical and mental illness through the education of the general
13 public and the use of screening programs and other preventive
14 measures.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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