PRINTER'S NO. 1567
No. 81 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY SWEET, DeMEDIO, HOEFFEL AND BRUNNER,
MAY 23, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 23, 1979
In the House of Representatives, May 23, 1979
1 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was enjoined by the
2 United States Federal District Court from terminating a special
3 food service program for women, infants and children for lack of
4 funds to pay supplies; and
5 WHEREAS, The General Assembly in the act of July 1, 1978
6 (No.56A) known as the "Federal Augmentation Appropriation Act of
7 1978," appropriated to the Department of Health the sum of
8 $16,031,000 for funding this program; and
9 WHEREAS, The financial management of the special food service
10 program by the Department of Health should be investigated to
11 determine why the shortage in funding existed; now therefore be
12 it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives directs its
14 standing committee on Health and Welfare to fully investigate
15 the management of the Department of Health of the special food
16 service program for women, infants and children and to report
17 its finding to the House of Representatives as soon as possible.
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