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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY D. O'BRIEN, BAKER, BOBACK, V. BROWN, CUTLER, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEORGE, HICKERNELL, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MILLARD, MUNDY, PASHINSKI, PETRARCA, SAINATO, K. SMITH, STERN, STURLA, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH AND MURT, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An |
2 | act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public |
3 | welfare laws of the Commonwealth," further providing for |
4 | payments to counties for services to children. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Section 704.1(g) of the act of June 13, 1967 |
8 | (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, added July 9, |
9 | 1976 (P.L.846, No.148), is amended and the section is amended by |
10 | adding a subsection to read: |
11 | Section 704.1. Payments to Counties for Services to |
12 | Children.--* * * |
13 | (b.1) Payments shall be made in equal quarterly installments |
14 | of the amount fixed by section 709.3, the first of which shall |
15 | be for the quarter beginning July 1 and ending September 30; the |
16 | second installment shall be for the quarter beginning October 1 |
17 | and ending December 31; the third installment shall be for the |
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1 | quarter beginning January 1 and ending March 31; and the fourth |
2 | installment shall be for the quarter beginning April 1 and |
3 | ending June 30; the local contribution required under this |
4 | section shall not be required to be paid until the fourth |
5 | quarter payment is due. The quarterly payment shall be paid at |
6 | the beginning of each quarter for which the county institution |
7 | district or its successor has budgeted an amount equal to one |
8 | quarter of the annual local contribution required. At the close |
9 | of the fourth quarter, the total payments made to the county |
10 | institution district or its successor in accordance with section |
11 | 709.3 shall be reconciled and adjusted in accordance with this |
12 | section and section 709.3. |
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14 | [(g) The department shall, within forty-five days of each |
15 | calendar quarter, pay fifty percent of the department's share of |
16 | the county institution district's or its successor's estimated |
17 | expenditures for that quarter.] |
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19 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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