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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 410
PRINTER'S NO. 1053
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
398
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, ENGLISH, STAATS, GODSHALL, D. MILLER,
READSHAW, NEILSON, MILLARD, MURT, MULLERY, D. COSTA,
McCLINTON, MENTZER, DRISCOLL, CRUZ, TOOHIL AND ROE,
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 22, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for the regulation of pari-mutuel
thoroughbred horse racing and harness horse racing
activities, imposing certain taxes and providing for the
disposition of funds from pari-mutuel tickets; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in Commonwealth budget procedures, providing for
essential service payments during budget impasse.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
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as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 626. Essential Service Payments During Budget
Impasse.--(a) If the General Appropriation Act is not enacted
by July 1 of any fiscal year:
(1) The Secretary of the Budget shall, in consultation with
the Secretary of Human Services, the Secretary of Drug and
Alcohol Programs and , the Secretary of Aging AND THE SECRETARY
OF A DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES , certify
to the State Treasurer the line items and amounts paid for
essential services AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES from each of
their departments during the prior fiscal year and the amounts
so certified are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the respective departments for those purposes.
(2) The Department of Human Services, the Department of Drug
and Alcohol Programs and , the Department of Aging AND ANY
DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES may submit
requisitions to the State Treasurer for the payment of the
essential services AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES to a human
services organization, county or other intermediary organization
from the appropriations made under paragraph (1), provided that
the amount paid does not exceed the amount paid during the prior
fiscal year.
(b) The payments authorized under subsection (a) to a human
service organization, county or other intermediary organization
shall include reimbursement of interest incurred by the human
service organization, county or other intermediary organization
for providing essential services in this Commonwealth, if the
interest was incurred on a loan issued by a financial
institution to the human service organization, county or other
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intermediary organization and the organization demonstrates in
writing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Budget that
the loan was necessary to support the operations of the
organization as a direct result of not receiving timely payment
from the Commonwealth after July 1 of the fiscal year.
(c) The amount paid from the General Fund under subsection
(a) between July 1 and the date of enactment of the General
Appropriation Act for that fiscal year shall be credited against
the corresponding appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
for that fiscal year.
(d) An appropriation made under subsection (a) in any fiscal
year shall immediately lapse when the General Appropriation Act
for that fiscal year is enacted.
(e) The Secretary of the Budget and the State Treasurer
shall expedite payments under this section consistent with their
powers and duties in the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176),
known as "The Fiscal Code."
(F) THE SECRETARY OF THE BUDGET SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY JUNE 15 OF EACH
YEAR INDICATING ANY SERVICES THAT WILL BE DEEMED ESSENTIAL BY
THE GOVERNOR TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY DURING A
POTENTIAL BUDGET IMPASSE.
(f) (G) As used in this section, the term "essential
service" means any service for which payment was made during the
previous fiscal year from Federal and State appropriations to
the Department of Human Services, the Department of Drug and
Alcohol Programs and the Department of Aging for the following:
(1) Domestic violence.
(2) Mental health services, including grants to counties or
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other county-based human services included under the Human
Services Block Grant Pilot Program , exclusive of capital
improvements.
(3) Behavioral health services or other county-based human
services included under the Human Services Block Grant Pilot
Program .
(4) Intellectual Disabilities - Community Base Program,
including grants to counties for noninstitutional programs or
other county-based human services included under the Human
Services Block Grant Pilot Program , exclusive of capital
improvements.
(5) Payments and services to counties for children and youth
programs and for the care of delinquent and dependent children
or other county-based human services included under the Human
Services Block Grant Pilot Program. The payments and services
under the Human Services Block Grant Pilot Program include an
aggregate child welfare needs-based budget allocation that the
Department of Human Services may use to fund contracts for
adoption services and the Department of Human Services may use
to pay for assistance to counties in meeting Federal
reimbursement documentation requirements.
(5) PAYMENTS AND SERVICES TO COUNTIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
PROGRAMS AND FOR THE CARE OF DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN
UNDER SECTION 704.1 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 13, 1967 (P.L.31, NO.21),
KNOWN AS THE HUMAN SERVICES CODE . THE PAYMENTS AND SERVICES
SHALL INCLUDE AN AGGREGATE CHILD WELFARE NEEDS-BASED BUDGET
ALLOCATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MAY USE TO FUND
CONTRACTS FOR ADOPTION SERVICES AND TO PAY FOR ASSISTANCE TO
COUNTIES IN MEETING FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT DOCUMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS.
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(6) The Human Services Development Fund.
(7) Medical assistance payments for outpatient services,
exclusive of outpatient services provided through capitation
plans.
(8) Payments to counties for drug and alcohol addiction
treatment services under section 2334.
(9) Any other funds for which the county provides services
on behalf of the Commonwealth.
(H) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES"
MEANS SERVICES FOR WHICH PAYMENT WAS MADE DURING THE PREVIOUS
FISCAL YEAR FROM FEDERAL AND STATE APPROPRIATIONS THAT THE
GOVERNOR DEEMS ESSENTIAL DURING A BUDGET IMPASSE FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY. THE TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ESSENTIAL
SERVICE.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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