THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, THOMAS, D. COSTA, GEIST, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, RAPP, SIPTROTH AND SWANGER, JUNE 17, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JUNE 17, 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," payments to counties for

services to children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 704.1(a)(4) and (g) of the act of June

13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code,

amended or added July 9, 1976 (P.L.846, No.148) and August 5,

1991 (P.L.315, No.30), are amended to read:

Section 704.1.  Payments to Counties for Services to

Children.--(a)  The department shall reimburse county

institution districts or their successors for expenditures

incurred by them in the performance of their obligation pursuant

to this act and the act of December 6, 1972 (P.L.1464, No.333),

known as the "Juvenile Act," in the following percentages:

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(4)  [Fifty percent] Ninety percent of the actual cost of

care and support of a child placed by a county child welfare

agency or a child committed by a court pursuant to the act of

December 6, 1972 (P.L.1464, No.333), known as the "Juvenile

Act," to the legal custody of a public or private agency

approved or operated by the department other than those services

described in clause (2). The Auditor General shall ascertain the

actual expense for fiscal year 1974-1975 and each year

thereafter by the Department of Public Welfare for each of the

several counties and each city of the first class whose children

resident within the county or city of the first class directly

received the benefit of the Commonwealth's expenditure. The

Auditor General shall also ascertain for each Commonwealth

institution or facility rendering services to delinquent or

deprived children the actual average daily cost of providing

said services. The Auditor General shall certify to each county

and city of the first class the allocated Commonwealth

expenditures incurred on behalf of its children and notify the

Secretary of Public Welfare and each county and city of the

first class of same.

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

calendar quarter, pay [fifty percent] ninety 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.