PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3107 PRINTER'S NO. 3139
No. 2370 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY McCLATCHY, MARCH 29, 1982
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 14, 1982
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 21, 1981 (P.L.776, No.56A),
2 entitled "An act providing additional and supplemental
3 appropriations from the Federal augmentation funds and the
4 Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, and changing certain
5 State appropriations to the various departments of the
6 Commonwealth for the fiscal period July 1, 1981 to June 30,
7 1982," adding and changing certain Federal augmentation
8 appropriations.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 2, act of December 21, 1981 (P.L.776,
12 No.56A), known as the "Supplemental Federal Augmentation
13 Appropriation Act of 1981," insofar as it relates to the various
14 Federal augmentation appropriations to the Governor, the
15 Department of Community Affairs, Education, Environmental
16 Resources and Health, the Office of the Attorney General and the
17 Department of Public Welfare, is amended and Federal
18 augmentation appropriations are added in the Department of
19 Aging, Education, Environmental Resources, Health, Public
20 Welfare and Transportation to read:
1 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
2 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Federal
3 augmentation funds to the several hereinafter named agencies of
4 the Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of
5 the expenses of implementation and carrying out the programs
6 stated herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1981 and for
7 the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close
8 of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1981.
9 To the Governor
10 (a) For the Office of Policy and Planning
11 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
12 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
13 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
14 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
15 administration:
16 * * *
17 (3) "HUD - Annual Program Grant" - For
18 activities related to comprehensive planning by
19 the Office of Policy and Planning (including a
20 carryover of approximately $30,000).............. [40,000]
21 42,000
22 (4) "EDA - Planning Assistance" - To under-
23 take State economic development planning activities
24 (including a carryover of approximately $4,000).. [89,000]
25 158,000
26 * * *
27 (d) For the Governor's Energy Council
28 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
29 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
30 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
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1 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
2 administration:
3 * * *
4 (4) "Institutional Building Grant Program" -
5 To provide financial assistance for schools,
6 hospitals, buildings owned by units of local
7 government and public care institutions for the
8 purpose of reducing the consumption and associ-
9 ated costs of energy resources................... [610,000]
10 1,010,000
11 * * *
12 To the Department of Aging
13 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
14 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
15 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
16 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
17 services for the aging:
18 * * *
19 (3) "Programs for the Aging - Nutrition" - To
20 provide eligible older citizens with low cost
21 nutritious meals with appropriate supportive
22 services......................................... 4,200,000
23 To the Department of Agriculture
24 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
25 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
26 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
27 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
28 general government operations:
29 * * *
30 (4) "Pennsylvania Plant Pest Detection
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1 System" - To provide timely plant pest
2 occurrence information to growers and protect
3 the consumer from plant losses................... 20,000
4 * * *
5 To the Department of Community Affairs
6 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
7 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
8 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
9 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
10 general government operations:
11 (1) "Community Development Technical Assist-
12 ance" - To plan, organize and develop internal
13 and external training capacities in order to
14 provide comprehensive technical assistance to
15 local governments for the purpose of improving
16 their community development processes............ [$260,000]
17 $323,000
18 * * *
19 (3) "COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <--
20 ADMINISTRATION" - FOR GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
21 TO STUDY AND PLAN FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
22 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM SITING,
23 CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF ENERGY FACILITIES
24 IN COASTAL ZONES................................. 762,000
25 * * *
26 To the Department of Education
27 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
28 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
29 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
30 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
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1 general government operations:
2 * * *
3 (6) "Food and Nutrition Service" - To admin-
4 ister all food and nutrition programs, provide
5 nutrition education and to assess the need for
6 nutrition services (including a carryover of
7 approximately [$703,000] $667,000)................ [1,953,000]
8 2,092,000
9 * * *
10 (15) "Teacher Centers Program" - To admin-
11 ister a program which will establish teacher cen-
12 ters for in-service training (including a carry-
13 over of approximately $15,000)................... 45,000
14 * * *
15 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
16 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
17 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
18 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for the
19 State Colleges and State-owned University:
20 (1) "Upward Bound Program" - To provide re-
21 medial and developmental academic training for
22 disadvantaged students with the ability to ad-
23 vance to postsecondary education:
24 * * *
25 (v) Clarion State College.................... 203,000
26 * * *
27 To the Department of Environmental Resources
28 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
29 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
30 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
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1 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for the
2 Office of Resources Management:
3 * * *
4 (5) "Dam Safety Program" - To expand the dam
5 safety program to mitigate potential flooding by
6 regulating the construction, operation and main-
7 tenance of these hydraulic structures............ [140,000]
8 142,000
9 * * *
10 (9) "Topographic and Geologic Survey
11 Grants" - For projects associated with the
12 Topographic and Geologic Survey Program.......... 140,000
13 (10) "Gamma Ray Anomalies - Reading Prong" -
14 To investigate gamma-ray anomalies discovered in
15 a recent aerial reconnaissance by the U.S. Geo-
16 logical Survey. Objectives are to map and sample
17 the ground sources of the anomalies and prepare
18 a report of the location, mineralogy and geology
19 of each anomaly.................................. 2,000
20 * * *
21 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
22 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
23 specifically appropriated to supplement the sums
24 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for the
25 Office of Protection:
26 * * *
27 (7) "Uranium Mill Tailings Project" - For
28 a program of assessment and remedial action for
29 inactive uranium mill tailings................... 2,000,000
30 (8) "Flue Gas Desulfurization Project" - To
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1 aid the department in demonstrating the effects
2 of deep mine stabilization and abatement of acid
3 mine draining using flue gas desulfurization
4 sludges and fly ash.............................. 19,000
5 (9) "Radon in Drinking Water" - For reimburse-
6 ment for collection of water samples for a Radon
7 in drinking water survey......................... 3,000
8 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
9 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
10 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
12 State parks:
13 (1) "Pine Grove Furnace" - To provide for
14 historic preservation work at a historic site
15 in Pine Grove Furnace State Park................. $15,000
16 To the Department of Health
17 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
18 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
19 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
21 general government operations:
22 * * *
23 (5) "Survey and Follow Up - Venereal Disease" -
24 For the carrying out of case-finding surveys and
25 serologic follow-up services (including a carryover
26 of approximately $32,000)........................ [450,000]
27 525,000
28 * * *
29 (11) "Indochinese Refugee Program" - To serve
30 the unmet public health needs associated with,
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1 and the general health needs of, the refugees
2 (including a carryover of approximately $65,000). [149,000]
3 169,000
4 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
5 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
6 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
7 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
8 maternal and child health:
9 * * *
10 (3) "Crippled Children's Services" - To pro-
11 vide medical, surgical and corrective care and
12 services; facilities for diagnosis, hospitaliza-
13 tion; and post-hospital care for children who are
14 crippled or suffering from conditions which lead
15 to crippling (including a carryover of approxi-
16 mately $107,000)................................. [855,000]
17 955,000
18 * * *
19 (6) "Maternal and Child Health - Improved
20 Pregnancy Outcome" - To improve pregnancy outcome
21 measures and assure parental care (including a
22 carryover of approximately $13,000).............. [530,000]
23 580,000
24 (7) "Crippled Children's Services - Projects" -
25 To provide diagnostic, rehabilitative and follow-
26 up treatment to children and their families (in-
27 cluding a carryover of approximately $54,000).... [526,000]
28 641,000
29 * * *
30 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
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1 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
2 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for
4 Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse:
5 (1) "NIDA - State Prevention Coordinator
6 Program Grant"................................... [$288,000]
7 $309,000
8 * * *
9 (4) "NIAAA - State Training Systems Pro-
10 ject" - To develop a comprehensive Statewide
11 training system for professionals serving drug
12 and abuse clients................................ 42,000
13 * * *
14 To the Office of the Attorney General
15 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
16 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
17 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
18 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for gen-
19 eral government operation:
20 (1) "Antitrust Enforcement Plan" - For a pro-
21 gram of antitrust enforcement................... [$255,000]
22 $269,000
23 * * *
24 (3) "Study of Odometer Tampering" - To study
25 odometer rollbacks occurring between the time a
26 vehicle is initially sold at one Pennsylvania auto
27 [action] auction and subsequently resold at another
28 Pennsylvania auto auction........................ [65,000]
29 66,000
30 * * *
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1 To the Department of Public Welfare
2 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
3 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
4 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
5 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for gen-
6 eral government operations:
7 * * *
8 (5) "Maintenance Assistance Administration" -
9 For administrative expenses incurred for general
10 government operations in support of the provision
11 of supplemental security income and cash and em-
12 ergency assistance to eligible persons........... [6,500,000]
13 6,000,000
14 (6) "Food Stamp Program - Administration" -
15 For administrative expenses incurred for general
16 government operations in relation to the Food
17 Stamp Program.................................... [1,100,000]
18 1,600,000
19 * * *
20 (15) "Administration for Public Services -
21 1115 Demonstration Grant" - To simplify trans-
22 portation service billing and accounting require-
23 ments............................................ 33,000
24 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
25 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
26 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
27 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for the
28 Office of Information Systems:
29 (1) "Maintenance Assistance" - For administra-
30 tive expenses incurred by the Office of Informa-
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1 tion Systems in providing cash and emergency
2 assistance to eligible families.................. [$4,431,000]
3 $2,800,000
4 (2) "Medical Assistance Information Systems"
5 - For administrative expenses incurred by the
6 Office of Information Systems in providing for
7 medical assistance on behalf of eligible persons. [4,293,000]
8 5,924,000
9 * * *
10 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
11 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
12 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for State
14 General Hospitals:
15 * * *
16 (2) "Medical Assistance" - For the provision
17 of medical assistance services to eligible per-
18 sons at State General Hospitals.................. [8,898,000]
19 9,648,000
20 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
21 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
22 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for State
24 Mental Hospitals:
25 (1) "Medical Assistance - State Mental
26 Hospitals" - For the provision of medical assist-
27 ance services to eligible persons at State Mental
28 Hospitals........................................ [$84,194,000]
29 $84,894,000
30 * * *
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1 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
2 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby specifi-
3 cally appropriated to supplement the sum appro-
4 priated from Commonwealth revenues for State
5 centers for the mentally retarded:
6 (1) "Medical Assistance - State Centers" -
7 For the provision of medical assistance services
8 to eligible persons in State centers for the
9 mentally retarded................................ [$141,146,000]
10 $145,346,000
11 * * *
12 (4) "Library Services - Title I - State
13 Centers" - To assist in establishing and expand-
14 ing State institutional library services and
15 library services to the physically handicapped... [6,000]
16 7,000
17 * * *
18 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
19 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
20 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for pay-
22 ments to counties for child welfare programs:
23 * * *
24 (3) "Refugees and Persons Seeking Asylum
25 Program" - For provision of child welfare services
26 to refugees and persons seeking asylum........... [700,000]
27 1,700,000
28 * * *
29 To the Department of Transportation
30 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or
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1 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
2 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for mass
4 transit operations:
5 * * *
6 (2) "Urban Mass Transportation Capital
7 Grants" - For reimbursement of administrative
8 costs incurred in relationship to the State
9 Bus Pool Purchase................................ 35,000
10 * * *
11 Section 2. Section 6 of the act, insofar as it relates to
12 the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and the
13 Office of the Attorney General as amended and headings are added
14 to the Federal augmentation appropriations for the Office of the
15 General Counsel and the Judicial Department to read:
16 Section 6. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
17 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Federal
18 Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Funds to the several
19 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the
20 Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses of implementing and
21 carrying out the programs stated herein for the fiscal year
22 beginning July 1, 1981 and for the payment of bills incurred and
23 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
24 30, 1981.
25 I. Executive Department
26 Pennsylvania Commission [of] on Crime and Delinquency
27 The following Federal LEAA augmentation
28 amounts, or as much thereof as may be necessary,
29 are hereby specifically appropriated to supple-
30 ment the sum appropriated from Commonwealth reve-
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1 nues for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
2 Delinquency:
3 (1) "LEAA - State Planning Agency" - To be
4 used exclusively to administer the Pennsylvania
5 Commission on Crime and Delinquency as the State
6 Planning Agency required to distribute LEAA
7 grants to political subdivisions.................. [$1,104,000]
8 $1,162,000
9 * * *
10 To the Office of the Attorney General
11 The following Federal LEAA augmentation
12 amounts, or as much thereof as may be necessary,
13 are hereby specifically appropriated to supple-
14 ment the sum appropriated from Commonwealth reve-
15 nues for general government operations:
16 * * *
17 (3) "LEAA - Advocate Unit - Youth Project" -
18 For enforcement of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Act
19 through negotiation, agency coordination, and
20 litigation to eliminate the incarceration of
21 youth in adult correctional facilities and to
22 deinstitutionalize juvenile offenders............ [104,000]
23 111,000
24 To the Office of the General Counsel
25 * * *
26 The following Federal LEAA augmentation amounts,
27 or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
28 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum appro-
29 priated from Commonwealth revenues for State Correc-
30 tional Institutions:
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1 (1) "LEAA - Mental Health Services" - To hire
2 six mental health coordinators in five institu-
3 tions to service inmates who are in need of out-
4 patient mental health care....................... $92,000
5 (2) "LEAA - Cuban/Haitian Security and Safety
6 Grants Program" - To provide reimbursement for
7 maintenance of Cuban offenders................... 6,000
8 II. Judicial Department
9 To the Court Administrator
10 The following Federal LEAA augmentation amounts,
11 or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
12 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues for the
14 Office of the Court Administrator:
15 (1) "LEAA - Judicial Education Training Pro-
16 gram" - To provide common pleas judges and admin-
17 istrators with an education program to enhance
18 their skills and improve their knowledge of new
19 developments in the law.......................... $153,000
20 * * *
21 Section 3. Section 7 of the act, insofar as it relates to
22 the Law Income Emergency Energy Assistance Block Grant is
23 amended to read:
24 Section 7. The following block grant amounts, or as much
25 thereof as may be necessary, are hereby specifically
26 appropriated to the various hereinafter named departments of the
27 Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the purposes, and
28 under such restrictions, for which such block grants are
29 provided for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1981.
30 * * *
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1 VII. Low Income Emergency Energy Assistance Block Grant
2 To help lessen the impact of the high cost of
3 energy on low income families and individuals.
4 (1) To the Department of Public Welfare to
5 help lessen the impact of the high cost of energy
6 on low income families and individuals........... [$119,000,000]
7 $127,780,000
8 Section 4. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any
9 appropriation under the provisions of section 1 of this act
10 which is the same or similar to an appropriation under the act
11 of July 1, 1981 (P.L.628, No.5A), entitled "An act to provide
12 for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial
13 Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and for the
14 public schools for the fiscal period July 1, 1981 to June 30,
15 1982, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
16 at the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1981;
17 itemizing appropriations of the Federal Augmentation to the
18 Executive and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth,
19 establishing restricted receipts accounts for the fiscal period
20 July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1982 and for the payment of bills
21 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period
22 ending June 30, 1981 and to provide additional supplemental
23 appropriations for the General Fund and the Motor License Fund
24 to the various departments of the Commonwealth for the fiscal
25 period July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981," shall replace such
26 appropriations.
27 Section 5. The act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.628, No.5A),
28 entitled "An act to provide for the expenses of the Executive,
29 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the
30 public debt and for the public schools for the fiscal period
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1 July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1982, and for the payment of bills
2 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period
3 ending June 30, 1981; itemizing appropriations of the Federal
4 Augmentation to the Executive and Judicial Departments of the
5 Commonwealth, establishing restricted receipts accounts for the
6 fiscal period July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1982 and for the payment
7 of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
8 fiscal period ending June 30, 1981 and to provide additional and
9 supplemental appropriations from the General Fund and the Motor
10 License Fund to the various departments of the Commonwealth for
11 the fiscal period July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981," is repealed
12 insofar as inconsistent with this act.
13 Section 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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