PRINTER'S NO. 722
No. 658 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY PISTELLA, KUKOVICH, HALUSKA, BEBKO-JONES, OLASZ, PESCI, MELIO, STURLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, McCALL, GEIST, DALEY, BELFANTI, PRESTON, STAIRS, STEELMAN, TOMLINSON, TRELLO, DeLUCA, ADOLPH, GERLACH AND STABACK, MARCH 22, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, MARCH 22, 1993
AN ACT 1 Making an additional appropriation to the Department of Public 2 Welfare for use in county mental health/mental retardation 3 programs to provide family-oriented intervention services for 4 children with disabilities. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. The sum of $350,000, or as much thereof as may be 8 necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public 9 Welfare for the fiscal year July 1, 1993, to June 30, 1994, for 10 use in county mental health/mental retardation programs to 11 provide a diverse array of family-oriented intervention services 12 serving children from birth through 21 years of age, in order to 13 foster the integration of children with disabilities into the 14 mainstream of life. The services shall include therapeutic 15 activities such as play therapy for families with disabled 16 children, loan library of play materials, therapeutic and 17 adaptive computer equipment and software, parent support and 18 advocacy groups, workshops, recreation and social functions,
1 lectures and school integration programs. 2 Section 2. The appropriation in section 1 shall be in 3 addition to any sums appropriated for such purposes by the act 4 of (P.L. , No. ), known as the General 5 Appropriation Act of 1993. 6 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. B10L84PJP/19930H0658B0722 - 2 -