PRINTER'S NO. 1189
No. 1046 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY PISTELLA, KOSINSKI, SALOOM, MELIO, HARPER,
KUKOVICH, PESCI, ANGSTADT, TRICH, CARONE, NAHILL, KASUNIC,
STUBAN, STABACK, STURLA, VEON, BELARDI, JOSEPHS, BUNT,
MAIALE, STETLER, CAPPABIANCA, ITKIN, BILLOW, CAWLEY,
R. C. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, CIVERA, TRELLO, PRESTON, OLASZ,
E. Z. TAYLOR, GIGLIOTTI, KRUSZEWSKI AND RICHARDSON,
APRIL 9, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, APRIL 9, 1991
AN ACT
1 Making an additional appropriation to the Department of Public
2 Welfare for use in county mental health/mental retardation
3 programs to provide family-oriented intervention services for
4 children with disabilities.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The sum of $350,000, or as much thereof as may be
8 necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public
9 Welfare for the fiscal year July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1992, for
10 use in county mental health/mental retardation programs to
11 provide a diverse array of family-oriented intervention services
12 serving children from birth through 21 years of age, in order to
13 foster the integration of children with disabilities into the
14 mainstream of life. The services shall include therapeutic
15 activities such as play therapy for families with disabled
16 children, loan library of play materials, therapeutic and
1 adaptive computer equipment and software, parent support and
2 advocacy groups, workshops, recreation and social functions,
3 lectures and school integration programs.
4 Section 2. The appropriation in section 1 shall be in
5 addition to any sums appropriated for such purposes by the act
6 of (P.L. , No. ), known as the General
7 Appropriation Act of 1991.
8 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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