PRINTER'S NO. 1780
No. 1481 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PIPPY, STABACK, LAUGHLIN, SCHULER,
J. TAYLOR, KENNEY, CAWLEY, ADOLPH, ROBINSON, MARKOSEK,
GIGLIOTTI, MELIO, HARHAI, THOMAS, WILT AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MAY 11, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 11, 1999
AN ACT
1 Designating a percentage of tobacco litigation master settlement
2 agreement funds to be utilized for salaries of direct care
3 staff who work with individuals diagnosed with mental
4 disabilities in community-based mental health/mental
5 retardation programs.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Set aside for salaries of direct care workers.
9 (a) General rule.--Annually, 25% of all moneys received by
10 the Commonwealth under the tobacco litigation master settlement
11 agreement shall be set aside for appropriation by the General
12 Assembly to community-based mental health and mental retardation
13 programs for salaries of direct care workers.
14 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "tobacco
15 litigation master settlement agreement" means the master
16 settlement agreement relating to tobacco litigation entered into
17 in 1998 by the Commonwealth and leading United States tobacco
18 product manufacturers.
1 Section 2. Effective date.
2 This act shall take effect immediately.
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