PRINTER'S NO. 2013
No. 1389 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY LAVALLE AND ARMSTRONG, MAY 5, 2008
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 5, 2008
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of July 17, 2007 (P.L. , No. 8A), entitled, 2 "An act to provide from the General Fund for the expenses of 3 the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the 4 Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the 5 fiscal year July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, for certain 6 institutions and organizations, and for the payment of bills 7 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 8 ending June 30, 2007; to provide appropriations from the 9 State Lottery Fund, the Energy Conservation and Assistance 10 Fund, the Hazardous Material Response Fund, The State Stores 11 Fund, the Milk Marketing Fund, the Home Investment Trust 12 Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund, the 13 Tuition Payment Fund, the Banking Department Fund, the 14 Firearm Records Check Fund, the Ben Franklin Technology 15 Development Authority Fund and the Tobacco Settlement Fund to 16 the Executive Department; to provide appropriations from the 17 Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account to the Judicial 18 Department for the fiscal year July 1, 2007, to June 30, 19 2008; to provide appropriations from the Motor License Fund 20 for the fiscal year July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, for the 21 proper operation of the several departments of the 22 Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State Police authorized to 23 spend Motor License Fund moneys; to provide for the 24 appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive Department of 25 the Commonwealth and for the payment of bills remaining 26 unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007; 27 to provide for the additional appropriation of Federal and 28 State funds from the General Fund, the State Lottery Fund and 29 the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Fund 30 for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of 31 the Commonwealth for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 32 30, 2007, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining 33 unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006,"
1 increasing and decreasing Federal and State appropriations 2 for the Department of Education, the Department of Public 3 Welfare, the Department of State, the Pennsylvania Emergency 4 Management Agency, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 5 Commission, the courts of common pleas and community courts 6 and magisterial district judges; and adding a Federal 7 appropriation to the Department of Aging. 8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 9 hereby enacts as follows: 10 Section 1. As much as relates to the State appropriation for 11 payments on account of annual rental charges in section 212 of 12 the act of July 17, 2007 (P.L. , No.8A), known as the General 13 Appropriation Act of 2007, is amended to read: 14 Section 212. Department of 15 Education.--The following amounts are 16 appropriated to the Department of 17 Education: Federal State 18 * * * 19 For payments on account of annual 20 rental or sinking fund charges on 21 school buildings, including charter 22 schools. 23 [State appropriation....... 308,368,000] 24 State appropriation........ 323,368,000 25 * * * 26 Section 2. As much as relates to the Federal and State 27 appropriations for mental health services, for behavioral health 28 services and for child-care assistance; for Federal 29 appropriations related to community services for the mentally 30 retarded and for State appropriations related to cash assistance 31 grants, for supplemental grants for the Medicare drug program 32 and for medical assistance payments-capitation plans in section 33 219 of the act are amended to read: 20080S1389B2013 - 2 -
1 Section 219. Department of Public 2 Welfare.--The following sums are 3 appropriated to the Department of 4 Public Welfare: Federal State 5 * * * 6 For mental health services, 7 including grants to counties exclusive 8 of capital improvements. This 9 appropriation includes sufficient 10 funds for a 3% cost-of-living increase 11 for community services. 12 [State appropriation....... 723,659,000] 13 State appropriation........ 725,659,000 14 The following Federal amounts are 15 appropriated to supplement the sum 16 appropriated for mental health 17 services: 18 * * * 19 (2) "Medicare Services - State 20 Mental Hospitals." 21 [Federal appropriation..... 23,122,000] 22 Federal appropriation...... 25,122,000 23 * * * 24 For cash assistance grants, 25 including employment and training and 26 supportive services for cash 27 assistance recipients. 28 [State appropriation....... 286,047,000] 29 State appropriation........ 273,047,000 30 * * * 20080S1389B2013 - 3 -
1 For supplemental grants to the 2 aged, blind and disabled. 3 [State appropriation....... 141,783,000] 4 State appropriation........ 140,271,000 5 For payment to the Federal 6 Government for the Medicare drug 7 program. 8 [State appropriation....... 351,008,000] 9 State appropriation........ 384,872,000 10 * * * 11 For medical assistance payments - 12 capitation plans. For provision of 13 outpatient services and inpatient 14 hospital services to eligible persons 15 enrolled in an approved capitation 16 plan. 17 [State appropriation....... 2,715,022,000] 18 State appropriation........ 2,700,022,000 19 * * * 20 The following Federal amounts are 21 appropriated to supplement the sum 22 appropriated for community services 23 for the mentally retarded: 24 (1) "Medical Assistance - 25 Community MR Services." 26 [Federal appropriation..... 836,908,000] 27 Federal appropriation...... 866,908,000 28 * * * 29 For behavioral health services 30 transition. 20080S1389B2013 - 4 -
1 [State appropriation....... 8,052,000] 2 State appropriation........ 21,052,000 3 The following Federal amounts are 4 appropriated to supplement the sum 5 appropriated for behavioral health 6 services transition: 7 (1) "Medical Assistance - 8 Behavioral Health Services." 9 [Federal appropriation..... 9,512,000] 10 Federal appropriation...... 25,015,000 11 * * * 12 For Child-Care Assistance. 13 [State appropriation....... 215,448,000] 14 State appropriation........ 201,423,000 15 The following Federal amounts are 16 appropriated to supplement the sum 17 appropriated for the Child-Care 18 Assistance Program: 19 * * * 20 (3) "Food Stamps - Child-Care 21 Assistance." 22 [Federal appropriation..... 8,247,000] 23 Federal appropriation...... 10,747,000 24 * * * 25 Section 3. As much as relates to the Federal appropriation 26 for voter registration programs in section 221 of the act is 27 amended to read: 28 Section 221. Department of 29 State.--The following amounts are 30 appropriated to the Department of 20080S1389B2013 - 5 -
1 State: Federal State 2 * * * 3 The following Federal amounts are 4 appropriated to supplement the sum 5 appropriated for voter registration 6 programs: 7 (1) "Elections Assistance - Grants 8 to Counties." 9 [Federal appropriation..... 500,000] 10 Federal appropriation...... 2,503,000 11 * * * 12 Section 4. As much as relates to the State appropriation for 13 general government in section 225 of the act is amended to read: 14 Section 225. Pennsylvania 15 Emergency Management Agency.--The 16 following amounts are appropriated to 17 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management 18 Agency: Federal State 19 For general government operations 20 of the Pennsylvania Emergency 21 Management Agency. 22 [State appropriation....... 6,379,000] 23 State appropriation........ 6,687,000 24 * * * 25 Section 5. Section 229 of the act is amended by adding a 26 Federal appropriation to read: 27 Section 229. Pennsylvania 28 Historical and Museum Commission.--The 29 following amounts are appropriated to 30 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 20080S1389B2013 - 6 -
1 Commission: Federal State 2 * * * 3 The following Federal amounts are 4 appropriated to supplement the sum 5 appropriated for general government 6 operations: 7 * * * 8 (12) "Preserve America." 9 Federal appropriation...... 90,000 10 * * * 11 Section 6. As much as relates to the State appropriation for 12 the courts of common pleas in section 284 of the act is amended 13 to read: 14 Section 284. Courts of common 15 pleas.--The following amounts are 16 appropriated to the courts of common 17 pleas: Federal State 18 For the courts of common pleas: 19 including the salaries and expenses of 20 judges, including the expenses of 21 traveling judges, including the 22 mileage in divided judicial districts, 23 and the payment of a per diem salary, 24 mileage and miscellaneous expenses to 25 active visiting judges for the 26 performance of their official duties. 27 [State appropriation....... 75,925,000] 28 State appropriation........ 84,842,000 29 * * * 30 Section 7. As much as relates to the salaries and expenses 20080S1389B2013 - 7 -
1 of the community courts and magisterial courts in section 285 of 2 the act is amended to read: 3 Section 285. Community courts - 4 magisterial district judges.--The 5 following amounts are appropriated to 6 the community courts and magisterial 7 district judges: Federal State 8 For the salaries and expenses of 9 community court judges and magisterial 10 district judges. 11 [State appropriation....... 61,509,000] 12 State appropriation........ 63,595,000 13 Section 8. Section 301 of the act is amended by adding a 14 Federal appropriation to read: 15 Section 301. Department of 16 Aging.--The following amounts are 17 appropriated to the Department of 18 Aging: Federal State 19 * * * 20 The following Federal amounts are 21 appropriated to supplement the sum 22 appropriated for PENNCARE: 23 * * * 24 (10) "Improving Legal Advocacy 25 Services for Seniors." 26 Federal appropriation...... 100,000 27 Section 9. This act shall take effect immediately. D25L84RZ/20080S1389B2013 - 8 -