PRINTER'S NO. 3740
No. 2831 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, MAY 18, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 18, 1994
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations from the Professional Licensure
2 Augmentation Account and from restricted revenue accounts
3 within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by
4 the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in
5 support of the professional licensure boards assigned
6 thereto.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The sum of $14,801,000, or as much thereof as may
10 be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Professional
11 Licensure Augmentation Account within the General Fund to the
12 Department of State for the operation of the Bureau of
13 Professional and Occupational Affairs, including the State Board
14 of Auctioneer Examiners, for the fiscal year July 1, 1994, to
15 June 30, 1995.
16 Section 2. (a) The sum of $2,196,000, or as much thereof as
17 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted
18 receipts account of the State Board of Medicine, as authorized
19 by section 907(a) of the act of October 15, 1975 (P.L.390,
1 No.111), known as the Health Care Services Malpractice Act, for
2 the operation of the board for the fiscal year July 1, 1994, to
3 June 30, 1995.
4 (b) The sum of $444,000, or as much thereof as may be
5 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted receipts
6 account of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, as
7 authorized by section 907(b) of the Health Care Services
8 Malpractice Act, for the operation of the board for the fiscal
9 year July 1, 1994, to June 30, 1995.
10 (c) The sum of $139,000, or as much thereof as may be
11 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted receipts
12 account of the State Board of Podiatry, as authorized by section
13 907(c) of the Health Care Services Malpractice Act, for the
14 operation of said board for the fiscal year July 1, 1994, to
15 June 30, 1995.
16 (d) The sum of $262,000, or as much thereof as may be
17 necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Athletic Commission
18 Augmentation Account for the State Athletic Commission, as
19 authorized by 5 Pa.C.S. § 1512 (relating to Athletic Commission
20 Augmentation Account), for the support and operation of the
21 commission for the fiscal year July 1, 1994, to June 30, 1995.
22 (e) Each appropriation listed in subsections (a), (b), (c)
23 and (d) shall not be treated as an augmentation to the
24 Department of State, general government appropriation, or any
25 other appropriation, but shall be treated and accounted for as
26 separate appropriations respectively.
27 Section 3. After November 30, 1994, none of the money
28 appropriated in this act shall be paid to the Department of
29 State on account of the assessment of Department of State
30 expenses unless the Secretary of the Budget has certified by
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1 December 1, 1994, that procedures have been implemented to
2 assure that the assessment of Department of State expenses is in
3 compliance with section 907 of the act of October 15, 1975
4 (P.L.390, No.111), known as the Health Care Services Malpractice
5 Act, section 301 of the act of July 1, 1978 (P.L.700, No.124),
6 known as the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee
7 Act, and section 33 of the act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.327,
8 No.85), known as the Auctioneer and Auction Licensing Act. The
9 Secretary of the Budget shall submit the certification and a
10 summary of the implemented procedures to the chairmen and
11 minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee and the
12 Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee of the
13 Senate and the Appropriations Committee and the Professional
14 Licensure Committee of the House of Representatives and to the
15 chairman of the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. The
16 Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall review the
17 procedures to determine their adequacy in assuring that the
18 assessment of Department of State expenses is in compliance with
19 section 907 of the Health Care Services Malpractice Act, section
20 301 of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee
21 Act and section 33 of the Auctioneer and Auction Licensing Act.
22 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1994, or
23 immediately, whichever is later.
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