THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, BAKER, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CARROLL, CUTLER, DALLY, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HALUSKA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MENSCH, MILLARD, MOUL, MUNDY, MURPHY, MURT, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SEIP, STABACK, STEVENSON, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 31, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, MARCH 31, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An

act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public

welfare laws of the Commonwealth," further providing for

payments to counties for services to children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 704.1(g) of the act of June 13, 1967

(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, added July 9,

1976 (P.L.846, No.148), is amended and the section is amended by

adding a subsection to read:

Section 704.1.  Payments to Counties for Services to

Children.--* * *

(b.1)  Payments shall be made in equal quarterly installments

of the amount fixed by section 709.3, the first of which shall

be for the quarter beginning July 1 and ending September 30; the

second installment shall be for the quarter beginning October 1

and ending December 31; the third installment shall be for the

quarter beginning January 1 and ending March 31; and the fourth

installment shall be for the quarter beginning April 1 and

ending June 30; the local contribution required under this

section shall not be required to be paid until the fourth

quarter payment is due. The quarterly payment shall be paid at

the beginning of each quarter for which the county institution

district or its successor has budgeted an amount equal to one

quarter of the annual local contribution required. At the close

of the fourth quarter, the total payments made to the county

institution district or its successor in accordance with section

709.3 shall be reconciled and adjusted in accordance with this

section and section 709.3.

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[(g)  The department shall, within forty-five days of each

calendar quarter, pay fifty percent of the department's share of

the county institution district's or its successor's estimated

expenditures for that quarter.]

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.