THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PETRI, HENNESSEY, WATSON, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DENLINGER, FLECK, GEIST, GRELL, GROVE, HESS, KILLION, KNOWLES, MARSICO, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PEIFER, PICKETT, RAPP, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SWANGER AND CLYMER, FEBRUARY 4, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, FEBRUARY 4, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

Executive Department thereof and the administrative

departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

number and compensation of the deputies and all other

assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

commissions shall be determined," in Department of Aging,

further providing for the allocation of resources.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2210-A(a) of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,

amended December 15, 1988 (P.L.1244, No.153), is amended to

read:

Section 2210-A.  Allocation of Resources.--(a)  The area

agency shall receive a basic allocation of resources, consisting

of State and Federal funds weighted by the proportion of older

poor persons who reside in the planning and service area in

relation to the total number of older poor persons who reside in

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania utilizing poverty threshold

income standards as determined by the United States Office of

Management and Budget [except that each area agency shall be

held harmless to the amount of State funds received in the

preceding program year].

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.