PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1031, 1137 PRINTER'S NO. 1652
No. 877 Session of 1983
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of
considering Senate Bill No. 877, entitled:
"An act making appropriations to the Treasury Department out of
various funds to pay replacement checks issued in lieu of
outstanding checks when presented and to adjust errors,"
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
RICHARD A. TILGHMAN
JOHN STAUFFER
H. CRAIG LEWIS
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
MAX PIEVSKY
BERNARD J. DOMBROSKI
RICHARD A. McCLATCHY, JR.
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
AN ACT
1 To further provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the
2 Executive Department of the Commonwealth, the public debt and
3 for the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 1983 to
4 June 30, 1984, and for the payment of bills incurred and
5 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
6 30, 1983; and to further appropriate the Federal Augmentation
7 to the Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the
8 fiscal year July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984 and for the payment
9 of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
10 fiscal year ending June 30, 1983.
11 TABLE OF CONTENTS
12 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
13 Section 101. Short title.
14 Section 102. Definitions.
15 Section 103. Abbreviations.
16 PART II. GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL AUGMENTATION
17 APPROPRIATIONS 1983-1984
18 SUBPART A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
19 Section 201. State appropriations.
20 Section 202. Federal augmentation appropriations.
21 SUBPART B. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
22 Section 211. Executive Offices.
23 Section 212. Department of Agriculture.
24 Section 213. Department of Community Affairs.
25 Section 214. Department of Education.
26 Section 215. Department of Environmental Resources.
27 Section 216. Department of Health.
28 Section 217. Department of Military Affairs.
29 Section 218. Department of Public Welfare.
30 Section 219. Department of Revenue.
31 Section 220. Department of Transportation.
32 Section 221. Pennsylvania State Police.
33 Section 222. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
1 Section 223. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
2 Section 224. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
3 Section 225. Pennsylvania Securities Commission.
4 Section 226. High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Commission.
5 SUBPART C. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
6 Section 241. Legislative Data Processing Committee
7 PART III. COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT FUNDS
8 Section 301. General provisions
9 Section 302. Department of Labor and Industry
10 PART IV. BLOCK GRANTS
11 Section 401. Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services
12 Block Grant.
13 Section 402. Low-Income Emergency Energy Assistance Block
14 Grant.
15 Section 403. Social Services Block Grant.
16 PART V. OIL OVERCHARGE FUNDS
17 Section 501. Source of funds.
18 Section 502. Appropriations.
19 PART VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
20 Section 601. Construction of act.
21 Section 602. Effective Date.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 PART I
25 GENERAL PROVISIONS
26 Section 101. Short title.
27 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Second
28 Supplemental General Appropriation Act of 1983.
29 Section 102. Definitions.
30 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
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1 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
2 context clearly indicates otherwise:
3 "Employees." Includes all directors, superintendents, bureau
4 or division chiefs, assistant directors, assistant
5 superintendents, assistant chiefs, experts, scientists,
6 engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, accountants, secretaries,
7 auditors, inspectors, examiners, analysts, statisticians,
8 marshals, clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, messengers and
9 other assistants in any department, board or commission.
10 "Expenses" and "maintenance." Includes all printing, binding
11 and stationery, food and forage, materials and supplies,
12 traveling expenses, training, motor vehicle supplies and
13 repairs, freight, express and cartage, postage, telephones and
14 telegraph rentals and toll charges, newspaper advertising and
15 notices, fuel, light, heat, power and water, minor construction
16 and renovation, repairs or reconstruction of equipment,
17 buildings and facilities, rent of real estate and equipment,
18 premiums on workmen's compensation, insurance premiums on
19 policies of liability insurance, insurance premiums on medical
20 payment insurance and surety bonds for volunteer workers,
21 premiums on employee group life insurance and employee and
22 retired employee group hospital and medical insurance, payment
23 of Commonwealth share of social security taxes and unemployment
24 compensation costs for State employees, the purchase of
25 replacement or additional equipment and machinery and all other
26 incidental costs and expenses, including payment to the
27 Department of General Services of mileage and other charges for
28 the use of automobiles and rental payments for permanently
29 assigned automobiles and of expenses or costs of services
30 incurred through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also
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1 shall include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of
2 State institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an
3 outside hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State
4 institution pay more for patient care than that provided under
5 the State medical assistance program.
6 Section 103. Abbreviations.
7 The following abbreviations when used in this act shall have
8 the meanings given to them in this section unless the context
9 clearly indicates otherwise:
10 "ARC." Appalachian Regional Commission.
11 "BOR." Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.
12 "CETA." Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
13 "CSA." Community Services Administration.
14 "DCPA." Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.
15 "DOE." Department of Energy.
16 "DOL." Department of Labor.
17 "ECIA." Education Consolidation and Improvement Act.
18 "EDA." Economic Development Administration.
19 "EEOC." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
20 "EPA." Environmental Protection Agency.
21 "EPCA." Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
22 "ESEA." Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
23 "FDA." Food and Drug Administration.
24 "FDAA." Federal Disaster Assistance Administration.
25 "FHA." Farmers Home Administration.
26 "FHWA." Federal Highway Administration.
27 "HEA." Higher Education Act.
28 "HUD." Department of Housing and Urban Development.
29 "IPA." Intergovernmental Personnel Act.
30 "JTPA." Job Training Partnership Act.
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1 "MH/MR." Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services.
2 "NEA." National Education Association.
3 "NIAAA." National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.
4 "NIC." National Institute for Corrections.
5 "NIDA." National Institute on Drug Abuse.
6 "NIE." National Institute of Education.
7 "NIJ." National Institutes of Justice.
8 "NSF." National Science Foundation.
9 PART II
10 GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL AUGMENTATION
11 APPROPRIATIONS 1983-1984
12 SUBPART A
13 GENERAL PROVISIONS
14 Section 201. State appropriations.
15 The following additional sums set forth in this part, or as
16 much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby specifically
17 appropriated from the General Fund to the several hereinafter
18 named agencies of the Executive and Legislative Departments of
19 the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
20 compensation and travel expense of the duly elected or appointed
21 officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees
22 of contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
23 goods, services, printing, equipment, land and buildings and for
24 payment of any other expenses, as provided by law or by this
25 act, necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, functions
26 and activities and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for
27 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983 and for the payment of
28 bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal
29 year ending June 30, 1983.
30 Section 202. Federal augmentation appropriations.
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1 The following Federal augmentation appropriations set forth
2 in this part, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
3 specifically appropriated from the Federal augmentation funds to
4 the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive
5 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses
6 of implementing and carrying out the programs stated herein for
7 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983 and for the payment of
8 bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal
9 year ending June 30, 1983. Unless otherwise stated, the
10 appropriations include any carryovers from the prior fiscal
11 year.
12 SUBPART B
13 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
14 Section 211. Executive Offices.--
15 The following amounts are appropriated
16 to the Executive Offices: Federal State
17 For the Office of Policy and
18 Planning.
19 The following Federal augmentation
20 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
21 necessary, are hereby specifically
22 appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated from Commonwealth
24 revenues for administration:
25 (1) "EDA - Grants to States for
26 Supplemental and Basic Funding" - To
27 implement measures identified to
28 improve Pennsylvania's manufacturing
29 base by stimulating new and expanding
30 small technology-intensive
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1 manufacturing industries.
2 Federal appropriation...... 56,000
3 For the Crime Victim's Compensation
4 Board for payment of awards.
5 State appropriation........ 850,000
6 For the Commission on Crime and
7 Delinquency.
8 The following Federal augmentation
9 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
10 necessary, are hereby specifically
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated from Commonwealth
13 revenues for administration:
14 (1) "Plan for Juvenile Justice" -
15 For development and administration of
16 a comprehensive Statewide plan for
17 juvenile justice in accordance with
18 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
19 Prevention Act of 1974.
20 Federal appropriation...... 188,000
21 (2) "Jail Overcrowding and
22 Technical Assistance" - To provide
23 technical assistance to counties to
24 help relieve overcrowding in jails.
25 Federal appropriation...... 40,000
26 Section 212. Department of
27 Agriculture.--The following amounts
28 are appropriated to the Department of
29 Agriculture: Federal State
30 The following Federal augmentation
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1 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
2 necessary, are hereby specifically
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated from Commonwealth
5 revenues for general government
6 operations:
7 (1) "CCC Cheese Processing
8 Program" - To package and process
9 cheese from the U.S.D.A. into consumer
10 usable packages for distribution to
11 the unemployed, elderly and those on
12 welfare.
13 Federal appropriation...... 500,000
14 (2) "Reimbursable Cheese
15 Inspection Program" - To inspect
16 surplus cheese from warehouses at the
17 Clearfield Cheese Company as per terms
18 of the U.S.D.A. Cooperative Agreement.
19 Federal appropriation...... 40,000
20 (3) "Household Commodity Program"
21 - To provide food to needy households.
22 Federal appropriation...... 2,500,000
23 (4) "Pseudorabies Pilot Project" -
24 To test blood samples collected from
25 market swine for pseudorabies so that
26 timely quarantines can be placed and
27 pseudorabies eradication started.
28 Federal appropriation...... 220,000
29 For payments to indemnify owners of
30 poultry which died or were destroyed
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1 on or after September 1, 1983 for the
2 market value of such animals and for
3 any extraordinary or incidental
4 expenses incurred which are associated
5 with the Avian Influenza Epidemic of
6 1983 and the depopulation program
7 implemented pursuant to the Federal
8 Government's declaration of an
9 extraordinary emergency on November 9,
10 1983.
11 State appropriation........ 2,000,000
12 The first priority for the funds
13 from this appropriation shall be for
14 losses associated with the Avian
15 Influenza Epidemic incurred prior to
16 the Federal emergency declaration, and
17 thereafter to supplement the Federal
18 funds made available pursuant to that
19 declaration.
20 Section 213. Department of
21 Community Affairs.--The following
22 amounts are appropriated to the
23 Department of Community Affairs: Federal State
24 The following Federal augmentation
25 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
26 necessary, are hereby specifically
27 appropriated to supplement the sum
28 appropriated from Commonwealth
29 revenues for general government
30 operations:
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1 (1) "Administrative Costs of Land
2 and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
3 Projects" - For the costs of
4 administering and maintaining LWCF
5 projects in the State.
6 Federal appropriation...... 125,000
7 The following Federal augmentation
8 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
9 necessary, are hereby specifically
10 appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated from Commonwealth
12 revenues for Planning Assistance:
13 (1) "Coastal Zone Management
14 Program Administration" - For grants
15 to local governments to study and plan
16 for economic, social and environmental
17 consequences resulting from siting,
18 construction and operation of energy
19 facilities in coastal zones.
20 Federal appropriation...... 940,000
21 The following Federal augmentation
22 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
23 necessary, are hereby specifically
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated from Commonwealth
26 revenues for housing and
27 redevelopment:
28 (1) "ARC - Innovative Housing
29 Program" - To provide supplemental
30 funding for the purpose of
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1 administration, planning for and
2 developing housing under the programs
3 of the Department of Housing and Urban
4 Development and the Farmers Home
5 Administration and to provide loans
6 for the predevelopment expenses of a
7 housing development or grant for the
8 purpose of reducing the mortgage
9 amount to assist low and moderate
10 income families.
11 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
12 Section 214. Department of
13 Education.--The following amounts are
14 appropriated to the Department of
15 Education: Federal State
16 The following Federal augmentation
17 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
18 necessary, are hereby specifically
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated from Commonwealth
21 revenues for general government
22 operations:
23 (1) "Food and Nutrition Service" -
24 To administer all food nutrition
25 programs, provide nutrition education
26 and to assess the need for nutrition
27 services (including a carryover of
28 approximately $1,040,000).
29 Federal appropriation...... 2,420,000
30 (2) "Educationally Disadvantaged
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1 Children Migrants" - To improve
2 coordination of environmental safety
3 and resource conservation education
4 among Migrant Education programs
5 (including a carryover of
6 approximately $26,000).
7 Federal appropriation...... 158,000
8 (3) "Parent Training Collaborative
9 Consortium" - To establish and
10 implement parent/surrogate parent
11 training instructional and support
12 system model for parents of
13 handicapped children (including a
14 carryover of approximately $22,000).
15 Federal appropriation...... 128,000
16 (4) "Rural Kindergarten
17 Identification and Development
18 Screening Project" - To develop a
19 model identification and screening
20 process for preschool children living
21 in underserved rural areas.
22 Federal appropriation...... 68,000
23 The following Federal augmentation
24 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
25 necessary, are hereby specifically
26 appropriated to supplement the sum
27 appropriated from Commonwealth
28 revenues for the State Library:
29 (1) "Nuclear Regulatory Commission
30 Documents Support Program" - To assist
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1 in operating the Local Public
2 Documents Room housing large amounts
3 of materials related to three nuclear
4 power facilities in central
5 Pennsylvania (including a carryover of
6 approximately $5,000).
7 Federal appropriation...... 17,000
8 For the Scranton State School for
9 the Deaf.
10 State appropriation........ 194,000
11 The following Federal augmentation
12 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
13 necessary, are hereby specifically
14 appropriated to supplement the sum
15 appropriated from Commonwealth
16 revenues for the Scranton State School
17 for the Deaf:
18 (1) "ESEA - Education for the
19 Handicapped - Scranton" - To modify 13
20 existing auditory training units.
21 Federal appropriation...... 78,000
22 For the Scotland School for
23 Veterans' Children.
24 The following Federal augmentation
25 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
26 necessary, are hereby specifically
27 appropriated to supplement the sum
28 appropriated from Commonwealth
29 revenues for the Scotland School for
30 Veterans' Children:
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1 (1) "ESEA - Education for the
2 Disadvantaged Scotland" - To provide
3 programs in remedial reading,
4 developmental and corrective reading,
5 remedial mathematics, environmental
6 education, summer school instruction
7 and home life counseling.
8 Federal appropriation...... 274,000
9 For the Thaddeus Stevens State
10 School of Technology.
11 State appropriation........ 221,000
12 For payments on account of pupil
13 transportation.
14 State appropriation........ 25,502,000
15 For services to nonpublic schools.
16 State appropriation........ 1,120,000
17 For student supplies for nonpublic
18 schools.
19 State appropriation........ 127,000
20 Section 215. Department of
21 Environmental Resources.--The
22 following amounts are appropriated to
23 the Department of Environmental
24 Resources: Federal State
25 For the Office of Resources
26 Management.
27 The following Federal augmentation
28 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
29 necessary, are hereby specifically
30 appropriated to supplement the sum
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1 appropriated from Commonwealth
2 revenues for the Office of Resources
3 Management:
4 (1) "Coastal Zone Management" -
5 For support of the coastal zone
6 management program.
7 Federal appropriation...... 982,000
8 (2) "404 Program Assumption Study"
9 - To provide the department with
10 practical experience for operating a
11 State 404 program (dredging and
12 filling operations in wetlands).
13 Federal appropriation...... 32,000
14 For the Office of Protection.
15 The following Federal augmentation
16 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
17 necessary, are hereby specifically
18 appropriated to supplement the sum
19 appropriated from Commonwealth
20 revenues for the Office of Protection:
21 (1) "Surface Mine Control and
22 Reclamation" - For a program to
23 implement the interim regulations of
24 the Federal Surface Mine Control and
25 Reclamation Act.
26 Federal appropriation...... 6,654,000
27 (2) "Flue Gas Desulfurization
28 Project" - To support the Solid Waste
29 Management Program.
30 Federal appropriation...... 20,000
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1 For State forestry operations.
2 The following Federal augmentation
3 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
4 necessary, are hereby specifically
5 appropriated to supplement the sum
6 appropriated from Commonwealth
7 revenues for forestry operations:
8 (1) "Northeast Regional Biomass
9 Program" - To increase wood and other
10 biomass energy development and use in
11 Pennsylvania.
12 Federal appropriation...... 35,000
13 Section 216. Department of
14 Health.--The following amounts are
15 appropriated to the Department of
16 Health: Federal State
17 The following Federal augmentation
18 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
19 necessary, are hereby specifically
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated from Commonwealth
22 revenues for general government
23 operations:
24 (1) "Cooperative Health Statistics
25 - Manpower, Facilities, Vital
26 Statistics" - To develop and implement
27 a health facilities and manpower
28 system. Review and evaluate existing
29 State-level health statistical system
30 to define the extent to which it is
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1 responsive to NCHS requirements and
2 standards and needs of other data
3 users. Plan, organize, test and
4 implement systems modifications
5 (including a carryover of
6 approximately $100,000).
7 Federal appropriation...... 327,000
8 (2) "Indochinese Refugee Program"
9 - To serve the unmet public health
10 needs associated with, and the general
11 health needs of, the refugees
12 (including a carryover of
13 approximately $68,000).
14 Federal appropriation...... 146,000
15 (3) "Migrant Health Centers" - To
16 provide clinic services at medical
17 centers, and intensify public health
18 nursing services and sanitary surveys
19 of camps for migrant laborers and
20 their families in the Commonwealth and
21 to provide for health services for
22 migrant children.
23 Federal appropriation...... 529,000
24 (4) "Disease Control Immunization
25 Program - Project Grants" - To enlist
26 the aid of practicing physicians,
27 official health agencies and
28 volunteers in an immunization program
29 for all susceptible persons in the
30 community, particularly children under
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1 the age of five years (including a
2 carryover of approximately $130,000).
3 Federal appropriation...... 365,000
4 (5) "Arthritis Program" - To
5 provide public education through
6 development of instruction to teach
7 self-help arthritis courses.
8 Federal appropriation...... 58,000
9 For the Office of Quality
10 Assurance.
11 The following Federal augmentation
12 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
13 necessary, are hereby specifically
14 appropriated to supplement the sum
15 appropriated from Commonwealth
16 revenues for the administration of the
17 Quality Assurance Program:
18 (1) "Medicare - Health Services
19 Agency Certification" - Perform
20 surveys and inspections to determine
21 whether hospitals, home health
22 agencies, laboratories, clinics and
23 other providers of health services
24 meet requirements as set forth in
25 section 1861 of the Social Security
26 Act and certifying those that qualify
27 to the Secretary of Health and Human
28 Services.
29 Federal appropriation...... 1,920,000
30 For the State Laboratory.
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1 The following Federal augmentation
2 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
3 necessary, are hereby specifically
4 appropriated to supplement the sum
5 appropriated from Commonwealth
6 revenues for the operation of the
7 State Laboratory:
8 (1) "Medicare - Health Services
9 Agency Certification" - Perform
10 surveys and inspections to determine
11 whether hospitals, home health agen-
12 cies, laboratories, clinics and other
13 providers of health services meet
14 requirements as set forth in section
15 1861 of the Social Security Act and
16 certifying those that qualify to the
17 Secretary of Health and Human
18 Resources (including a carryover of
19 approximately $16,000).
20 Federal appropriation...... 129,000
21 (2) "Cannabis Involvement in
22 Traffic Fatalities" - To obtain
23 information concerning the extent to
24 which cannabis and other controlled
25 substances are involved in fatal
26 vehicular accidents in Pennsylvania.
27 Federal appropriation...... 160,000
28 For maternal and child health
29 services.
30 The following Federal augmentation
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1 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
2 necessary, are hereby specifically
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated from Commonwealth
5 revenues for maternal and child
6 health:
7 (1) "Special Supplemental Food
8 Service Program for Women, Infants and
9 Children" - To provide iron and
10 protein-rich food to low-income
11 pregnant women, lactating mothers, and
12 infants and children.
13 Federal appropriation...... 52,000,000
14 In addition to the specific amounts
15 appropriated herein, all other moneys
16 received from the Federal Government
17 for the Special Supplemental Food
18 Service Program for Women, Infants and
19 Children are hereby appropriated to
20 such program.
21 For venereal diseases screening and
22 treatment.
23 The following Federal augmentation
24 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
25 necessary, are hereby specifically
26 appropriated to supplement the sum
27 appropriated from Commonwealth
28 revenues for venereal diseases
29 screening and testing:
30 (1) "Survey and Follow-Up -
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1 Venereal Disease" - For the carrying
2 out of case-finding surveys and
3 serologic follow-up services
4 (including a carryover of
5 approximately $11,000).
6 Federal appropriation...... 638,000
7 For tuberculosis screening and
8 treatment.
9 The following Federal augmentation
10 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
11 necessary, are hereby specifically
12 appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated from Commonwealth
14 revenues for tuberculosis screening
15 and treatment:
16 (1) "Tuberculosis Control Program"
17 - To help strengthen and reinforce
18 tuberculosis control in reducing
19 reported cases by at least 5%.
20 Federal appropriation...... 76,000
21 Section 217. Department of
22 Military Affairs.--The following sums
23 are appropriated to the Department of
24 Military Affairs: Federal State
25 The following Federal augmentation
26 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
27 necessary, are hereby specifically
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated from Commonwealth
30 revenues for general government
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1 operations:
2 (1) "Communications System" - To
3 upgrade and improve the telephone
4 communication system at the Fort
5 Indiantown Gap Military Complex to
6 provide a level of service which meets
7 current and foreseeable future
8 requirements to include emergency
9 operations.
10 Federal appropriation...... 276,000
11 For assistance to veterans who are
12 ill or disabled and without means of
13 support.
14 State appropriation........ 400,000
15 Section 218. Department of Public
16 Welfare.--The following sums are
17 appropriated to the Department of
18 Public Welfare: Federal State
19 The following Federal augmentation
20 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
21 necessary, are hereby specifically
22 appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated from Commonwealth
24 revenues for general government
25 operations:
26 (1) "Medical Assistance Program
27 Administration" - For administrative
28 expenses incurred for general
29 government operations in support of
30 the provision of medical assistance on
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1 behalf of eligible persons.
2 Federal appropriation...... 12,941,000
3 (2) "Service System Research on
4 the Chronically Mentally Ill" - To
5 evaluate the impact on the various
6 clients enrolled in the Community
7 Residential Rehabilitation System.
8 Federal appropriation...... 95,000
9 For Information Systems.
10 The following Federal augmentation
11 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
12 necessary, are hereby specifically
13 appropriated to supplement the sum
14 appropriated from Commonwealth
15 revenues for the Office of Information
16 Systems:
17 (1) "Maintenance Assistance" - For
18 administrative expenses incurred by
19 the Office of Information Systems in
20 providing cash and emergency
21 assistance to eligible families.
22 Federal appropriation...... 7,016,000
23 (2) "Medical Assistance
24 Information Systems" - For
25 administrative expenses incurred by
26 the Office of Information Systems in
27 providing for medical assistance on
28 behalf of eligible persons.
29 Federal appropriation...... 11,984,000
30 (3) "Food Stamp Program" - For
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1 expenses incurred by the Office of
2 Information Systems in providing an
3 information system in relation to the
4 food stamp program.
5 Federal appropriation...... 1,419,000
6 (4) "Child Support Enforcement" -
7 For administrative expenses incurred
8 by the Office of Information Systems
9 to enforce the support obligations
10 owed by absent parents to their
11 children, locate absent parents,
12 establish paternity and obtain child
13 support.
14 Federal appropriation...... 422,000
15 For Statewide operations related to
16 county administration of the public
17 assistance and medical assistance
18 programs.
19 The following Federal augmentation
20 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
21 necessary, are hereby specifically
22 appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated from Commonwealth
24 revenues for Statewide operations
25 relating to county administration:
26 (1) "Maintenance Assistance -
27 Statewide Operations Related to County
28 Administration" - For administrative
29 expenses incurred in the provision of
30 Federal maintenance assistance
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1 programs.
2 Federal appropriation...... 5,448,000
3 (2) "Medical Assistance -
4 Statewide Operations Related to County
5 Administration" - For administrative
6 expenses incurred in relation to the
7 provision of Federal medical
8 assistance services.
9 Federal appropriation...... 21,332,000
10 The following Federal augmentation
11 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
12 necessary, are hereby specifically
13 appropriated to supplement the sum
14 appropriated from Commonwealth
15 revenues for county administration:
16 (1) "Medical Assistance - County
17 Assistance Offices" - For
18 administrative expenses incurred for
19 county administration in relation to
20 the provision of Federal medical
21 assistance services.
22 Federal appropriation...... 17,788,000
23 (2) "Food Stamp Program - County
24 Assistance Offices" - For
25 administrative expenses incurred for
26 county administration in relation to
27 the food stamp program.
28 Federal appropriation...... 23,265,000
29 For Program Accountability.
30 The following Federal augmentation
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1 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
2 necessary, are hereby specifically
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated from Commonwealth
5 revenues for Program Accountability:
6 (1) "Medical Assistance - Program
7 Accountability."
8 Federal appropriation...... 1,143,000
9 (2) "Maintenance Assistance -
10 Program Accountability."
11 Federal appropriation...... 1,536,000
12 (3) "Child Support Enforcement
13 Program - Program Accountability" -
14 For costs incurred by Program
15 Accountability in support of the Child
16 Support Enforcement Program.
17 Notwithstanding any provisions to the
18 contrary in the Commonwealth State
19 Plan adopted pursuant to Title 4D of
20 the Social Security Act and the
21 regulations thereunder and
22 notwithstanding any provision
23 contained in any cooperative agreement
24 under the Child Support Enforcement
25 Program entered into by the
26 Pennsylvania Department of Public
27 Welfare and any designated county
28 child support enforcement agency, any
29 funds available to the designated
30 county child support enforcement
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1 agency from prior fiscal years
2 operations or from reimbursement by
3 the Department of Public Welfare
4 pursuant to the provisions of Title 4D
5 of the Social Security Act may be used
6 by the county child support
7 enforcement agency for any activity
8 which is eligible for reimbursement
9 permitted under applicable Federal
10 regulations.
11 Federal appropriation...... 29,181,000
12 (4) "Food Stamp Program - Program
13 Accountability" - For administrative
14 expenses incurred by Program
15 Accountability in relation to the Food
16 Stamp Program.
17 Federal appropriation...... 1,269,000
18 (5) "Study of Courts" - To study
19 the State courts and their
20 administrative branches to assess the
21 impact of organizational arrangements
22 and other administrative factors on
23 the enforcement and collection of
24 court ordered child support payments.
25 Federal appropriation...... 17,000
26 For the Pennsylvania Employment
27 Program.
28 The following Federal augmentation
29 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
30 necessary, are hereby specifically
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1 appropriated to supplement the sum
2 appropriated from Commonwealth
3 revenues for the Pennsylvania
4 Employment Program:
5 (1) "Work Incentive Program" - For
6 administrative expenses incurred in
7 relation to the Work Incentive
8 Program.
9 Federal appropriation...... 12,993,000
10 The following Federal augmentation
11 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
12 necessary, are hereby specifically
13 appropriated to supplement the sum
14 appropriated from Commonwealth
15 revenues for services for the visually
16 handicapped:
17 (1) "Rehabilitation Services
18 Project" - To provide funding, on a
19 temporary basis, to assist BVS in
20 establishing a full-time deaf-blind
21 specialist position to provide
22 consistent individualized services to
23 deaf-blind clients.
24 Federal appropriation...... 40,000
25 For provision of basic
26 institutional and other programs and
27 facilities and to provide general
28 support services for secure programs
29 and facilities for youth offenders.
30 The following Federal augmentation
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1 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
2 necessary, are hereby specifically
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated from Commonwealth
5 revenues for basic institutional and
6 other programs and facilities for
7 youth offenders:
8 (1) "Juvenile Justice and
9 Delinquency Prevention" - To provide a
10 sex offender program within a secure
11 setting with diagnostic and treatment
12 services for adolescent males
13 committed to the facility as a result
14 of a sexual assault or whose history
15 indicates prior sexual offenses.
16 Federal appropriation...... 28,000
17 For the State mental hospitals and
18 the care of patients of such
19 hospitals.
20 The following Federal augmentation
21 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
22 necessary, are hereby specifically
23 appropriated to supplement the sum
24 appropriated from Commonwealth
25 revenues for State mental hospitals:
26 (1) "Medical Assistance - State
27 Mental Hospitals" - For the provision
28 of medical assistance services to
29 eligible persons at State mental
30 hospitals.
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1 Federal appropriation...... 74,016,000
2 (2) "Medicare Services - State
3 Mental Hospitals" - For provision of
4 medical services at State mental
5 hospitals that are reimbursable under
6 Medicare.
7 Federal appropriation...... 23,121,000
8 (3) "Library Services - State
9 Mental Hospitals" - To assist in
10 establishing and expanding State
11 institutional library services and
12 library services to the physically
13 handicapped.
14 Federal appropriation...... 16,000
15 For State centers for the mentally
16 retarded.
17 (1) "Medical Library Resources
18 Improvement Grant" - To update
19 research and current publications
20 which would otherwise require the sole
21 use of State funds.
22 Federal appropriation...... 4,000
23 For intermediate care
24 facilities/MR.
25 The following Federal augmentation
26 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
27 necessary, are hereby specifically
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated from Commonwealth
30 revenues for medical assistance -
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1 intermediate care facilities:
2 (1) "Medical Assistance -
3 Intermediate Care Facilities -
4 Mentally Retarded" - For the provision
5 of medical assistance services to
6 eligible persons in intermediate care
7 facilities for the mentally retarded.
8 Federal appropriation...... 31,418,000
9 For community based services for
10 the mentally retarded, exclusive of
11 capital improvements, which shall
12 include grants to counties and county
13 institution districts for non-
14 institutional programs.
15 State appropriation........ 944,000
16 For community residential services
17 for the mentally retarded.
18 State appropriation........ 3,697,000
19 Section 219. Department of
20 Revenue.--The following amounts are
21 appropriated to the Department of
22 Revenue: Federal State
23 For the distribution of Public
24 Utility Realty Tax.
25 State appropriation........ 27,000
26 Section 220. Department of
27 Transportation.--The following amounts
28 are appropriated to the Department of
29 Transportation: Federal State
30 The following Federal augmentation
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1 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
2 necessary, are hereby specifically
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated from Commonwealth
5 revenues for Mass Transit Operations:
6 (1) "Urban Mass Transportation
7 Technical Studies Grants" - For
8 support of planning and technical
9 studies directed at development of a
10 unified or officially coordinated
11 Urban Transportation System.
12 Federal appropriation...... 572,000
13 Section 221. Pennsylvania State
14 Police.--The following amounts are
15 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State
16 Police: Federal State
17 The following Federal augmentation
18 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
19 necessary, are hereby specifically
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated from Commonwealth
22 revenues for general government
23 operations:
24 (1) "Aid to Local Law Enforcement"
25 - To perform increased drug
26 enforcement activities within the
27 Commonwealth.
28 Federal appropriation...... 18,000
29 Section 222. Pennsylvania
30 Emergency Management Agency.--The
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1 following amounts are appropriated to
2 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
3 Agency: Federal State
4 For general government operations.
5 The following Federal augmentation
6 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
7 necessary, are hereby specifically
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated from Commonwealth
10 revenues for general government
11 operations:
12 (1) "Civil Preparedness
13 Reimbursements" - For payment of
14 salaries, benefits and administrative
15 expenses and travel of authorized
16 State and local civil defense
17 employees and for equipment, supplies
18 and facilities (including a carryover
19 of approximately $50,000).
20 Federal appropriation...... 1,917,000
21 Section 223. Pennsylvania
22 Historical and Museum Commission.--The
23 following amounts are appropriated to
24 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
25 Commission: Federal State
26 To the Pennsylvania Historical and
27 Museum Commission for general
28 government operations.
29 The following Federal augmentation
30 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
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1 necessary, are hereby specifically
2 appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated from Commonwealth
4 revenues for general government
5 operations:
6 (1) "Division of Historic
7 Preservation" - For operation of the
8 Division of Historic Preservation of
9 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
10 Commission.
11 Federal appropriation...... 425,000
12 Section 224. Pennsylvania Public
13 Utility Commission.--The following
14 amounts are appropriated to the
15 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
16 Federal State
17 The following Federal augmentation
18 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
19 necessary, are hereby specifically
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated from Commonwealth
22 revenues for the general government
23 operations of the Commission:
24 (1) "Railroad Safety" - For safety
25 inspectors to survey and patrol over
26 14,000 miles of trackage to eliminate
27 derailment and provide safe rail
28 travel.
29 Federal appropriation...... 142,000
30 (2) "Natural Gas Pipeline Safety"
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1 To enforce the regulations of the
2 Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
3 Federal appropriation...... 133,000
4 Section 225. Pennsylvania
5 Securities Commission.--The following
6 amounts are appropriated to the
7 Pennsylvania Securities Commission: Federal State
8 For general government operations
9 of the Pennsylvania Securities
10 Commission.
11 State appropriation........ 140,000
12 Section 226. High Speed Intercity
13 Rail Passenger Commission.--The
14 following amounts are appropriated to
15 the High Speed Intercity Rail
16 Passenger Commission: Federal State
17 The following Federal augmentation
18 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
19 necessary, are hereby specifically
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated from Commonwealth
22 revenues for the High Speed Intercity
23 Rail Passenger Commission:
24 (1) "High Speed Corridor Study" -
25 To assist the commission in its
26 assignment to investigate, study and
27 make recommendations concerning the
28 need for and establishment and
29 operation of a high speed intercity
30 rail passenger system in the
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1 Commonwealth.
2 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
3 SUBPART C
4 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
5 Section 241. Legislative Data
6 Processing Committee.--The following
7 amounts are appropriated to the
8 Legislative Data Processing Committee:
9 Federal State
10 For the operation of the
11 Legislative Data Processing Center
12 upon presentation of requisitions for
13 the same from the chairman to be paid
14 on warrants of the State Treasurer
15 directly to and in favor of the person
16 named in said requisitions.
17 State appropriation........ 180,000
18 PART III
19 COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT FUNDS
20 Section 301. General provisions.--
21 The following sums as set forth in
22 this part, or as much thereof as may
23 be necessary, are hereby specifically
24 appropriated from the Comprehensive
25 Employment and Training Act (CETA)
26 Funds to the several hereinafter named
27 agencies of the Executive Department
28 of the Commonwealth for the payment of
29 the expenses of implementing and
30 carrying out the programs stated
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1 herein for the fiscal year beginning
2 July 1, 1983 and for the payment of
3 bills incurred and remaining unpaid at
4 the close of the fiscal year ending
5 June 30, 1983. Unless otherwise
6 stated, the appropriations include any
7 carryovers from the prior fiscal year.
8 Section 302. Department of Labor
9 and Industry.--The following CETA
10 funds are appropriated to the
11 Department of Labor and Industry: Federal State
12 The following Federal augmentation
13 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
14 necessary, are hereby specifically
15 appropriated to supplement the sum
16 appropriated from Commonwealth
17 revenues for general government
18 operations of the Department of Labor
19 and Industry:
20 (1) "CETA (II - IV) Statewide
21 Administration" - For the
22 administration of the CETA Titles II
23 and IV.
24 Federal appropriation...... 1,238,000
25 (2) "CETA Governor's Balance-of-
26 State Planning Council" - For the
27 Governor's Balance-of-State Planning
28 Council as the prime sponsor for the
29 Balance-of-State area covering 22
30 rural counties.
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1 Federal appropriation...... 1,395,000
2 PART IV
3 BLOCK GRANTS
4 Section 401. Alcohol and Drug
5 Abuse and Mental Health Services Block
6 Grant.--(a) The Alcohol and Drug
7 Abuse and Mental Health Services Block
8 Grant will be used for the
9 administration and provision of drug
10 and alcohol abuse services and
11 community mental health services in
12 accordance with the requirements of
13 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
14 of 1981.
15 (b) The Alcohol and Drug Abuse and
16 Mental Health Services Block Grant
17 amount, or as much thereof as may be
18 necessary, is hereby specifically
19 appropriated to the various
20 hereinafter named departments of the
21 Executive Department of the
22 Commonwealth for the purposes, and
23 under such restrictions, for which
24 such block grant is provided for the
25 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983.
26 To the Department of Health
27 (1) For alcohol grant programs
28 Federal appropriation...... 4,965,000
29 (2) For drug grant programs.
30 Federal appropriation...... 8,249,000
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1 To the Department of Public Welfare
2 (1) For the administrative costs
3 of the Community Mental Health
4 Services provided by the block grant.
5 Federal appropriation...... 879,000
6 Section 402. Low-Income Emergency
7 Energy Assistance Block Grant.--(a)
8 The Low-Income Emergency Energy
9 Assistance Block Grant is to help
10 lessen the impact of the high cost of
11 energy on low-income families and
12 individuals.
13 (b) The Low-Income Emergency
14 Energy Assistance Block Grant amount,
15 or as much thereof as may be
16 necessary, is hereby specifically
17 appropriated to the various
18 hereinafter named departments of the
19 Executive Department of the
20 Commonwealth for the purposes, and
21 under such restrictions, for which
22 such block grant is provided for the
23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983.
24 To the Department of Public Welfare
25 (1) For the administration and
26 State audit costs of the Federal 1984
27 low-income energy assistance program.
28 Federal appropriation...... 11,278,000
29 (2) To help lessen the impact of
30 the high cost of energy on low-income
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1 families and individuals.
2 Federal appropriation...... 124,802,000
3 Section 403. Social Services Block
4 Grant.--(a) The Social Services Block
5 Grant is for the provision of social
6 services to eligible persons.
7 (b) The Social Services Block
8 Grant amount, or as much thereof as
9 may be necessary, is hereby
10 specifically appropriated to the
11 various hereinafter named departments
12 of the Executive Department of the
13 Commonwealth for the purposes, and
14 under such restrictions, for which
15 such block grant is provided for the
16 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1983.
17 To the Department of Public Welfare
18 (1) "Social Services Shelter" -
19 For grants to local agencies for
20 provision of shelter to the homeless.
21 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000
22 PART V
23 OIL OVERCHARGE FUNDS
24 Section 501. Source of funds.--In
25 accordance with settlements of
26 litigation brought by the United
27 States Department of Energy against
28 oil companies and refineries for
29 alleged violations of the Federal
30 Petroleum Price Allocation Regulations
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1 and the Further Continuing
2 Appropriations Act of 1983, adopted by
3 Congress in December, 1982 (House
4 Joint Resolution 631), $21,166,000
5 will be available to the Commonwealth
6 for specific energy conservation
7 programs through the fiscal year
8 ending June 30, 1984.
9 Section 502. Appropriations.--The
10 following sums, or as much thereof as
11 may be necessary, are hereby
12 specifically appropriated from the
13 restricted receipt account, Oil
14 Overcharge Settlements, to the several
15 hereinafter named agencies of the
16 Executive Department of the
17 Commonwealth for the payment of
18 expenses of implementing and carrying
19 out the program stated herein for the
20 fiscal year July 1, 1983 to June 30,
21 1984.
22 To the Department of Commerce
23 (1) "Energy Development Authority"
24 - To provide loans and loan guarantees
25 to private industry and public
26 agencies to fund renewable resource
27 development projects and coal
28 conversion projects; and to make
29 grants to fund basic and applied
30 research to increase the use of
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1 Pennsylvania's indigenous resources.
2 Federal appropriation...... 1,400,000
3 PART VI
4 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
5 Section 601. Construction of act.
6 (a) State Funds.--All appropriations contained in Part II
7 from the General Fund shall be in addition to any appropriation
8 received pursuant to the act of July 11, 1983 (No.2A), known as
9 the General Appropriation Act of 1983, or the act of July 21,
10 1983 (No.7A), known as the Supplemental General Appropriation
11 Act for Fiscal Year 1983-1984.
12 (b) Federal funds.--All appropriations contained in Parts
13 II, III, IV and V which are the same or similar to an
14 appropriation under the act of July 11, 1983 (No.2A), known as
15 the General Appropriation Act of 1983, or the act of July 21,
16 1983 (No.7A), known as the Supplemental General Appropriation
17 Act for Fiscal Year 1983-1984, shall replace that appropriation.
18 Section 602. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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