PRINTER'S NO. 2737
No. 2171 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY SHANER, SAINATO, McCALL, PETRARCA, MARKOSEK,
TRAVAGLIO, GEORGE, LEDERER, WALKO, BAKER, ROONEY, BELFANTI,
PESCI, BROWNE, McGEEHAN, BELARDI, WASHINGTON, OLASZ, DeLUCA,
YOUNGBLOOD, MERRY, HUTCHINSON AND MELIO, OCTOBER 31, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
OCTOBER 31, 1995
AN ACT
1 Requiring the Department of Public Welfare to provide for the
2 availability of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
3 to all eligible individuals throughout this Commonwealth.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the LIHEAP Equity
8 Act.
9 Section 2. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
11 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 "LIHEAP." The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, a
14 federally funded program which provides cash benefits, crisis
15 benefits and funding for long-range energy conservation and
16 weatherization of low-income homes.
17 Section 3. Duty of Department of Public Welfare.
1 (a) Administration.--The Department of Public Welfare shall
2 administer LIHEAP in this Commonwealth and shall establish all
3 necessary rules and regulations to implement the requirements of
4 this act.
5 (b) State plan.--The Department of Public Welfare shall have
6 in place a State plan for the operation of LIHEAP each year.
7 LIHEAP shall be available to individuals in all counties of this
8 Commonwealth who meet the established income eligibility
9 requirements contained in the State plan.
10 Section 4. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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