PRINTER'S NO. 2200
No. 1665 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, BAKER, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CAPPELLI, DALEY, FREEMAN, GEORGE, HALUSKA, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, McILHATTAN, MENSCH, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, YOUNGBLOOD, WATSON AND THOMAS, JULY 3, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, JULY 3, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An 2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public 3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," further providing for 4 payments to counties for services to children. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Section 704.1(g) of the act of June 13, 1967 8 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, added July 9, 9 1976 (P.L.846, No.148), is amended and the section is amended by 10 adding a subsection to read: 11 Section 704.1. Payments to Counties for Services to 12 Children.--* * * 13 (b.1) Payments shall be made in equal quarterly installments 14 of the amount fixed by section 709.3, the first of which shall 15 be for the quarter beginning July 1 and ending September 30; the 16 second installment shall be for the quarter beginning October 1 17 and ending December 31; the third installment shall be for the
1 quarter beginning January 1 and ending March 31; and the fourth 2 installment shall be for the quarter beginning April 1 and 3 ending June 30; the local contribution required under this 4 section shall not be required to be paid until the fourth 5 quarter payment is due. The quarterly payment shall be paid at 6 the beginning of each quarter for which the county institution 7 district or its successor has budgeted an amount equal to one 8 quarter of the annual local contribution required. At the close 9 of the fourth quarter, the total payments made to the county 10 institution district or its successor in accordance with section 11 709.3 shall be reconciled and adjusted in accordance with this 12 section and section 709.3. 13 * * * 14 [(g) The department shall, within forty-five days of each 15 calendar quarter, pay fifty percent of the department's share of 16 the county institution district's or its successor's estimated 17 expenditures for that quarter.] 18 * * * 19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. E8L67VDL/20070H1665B2200 - 2 -