PRINTER'S NO. 470
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
432
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CARROLL, V. BROWN, COHEN, D. COSTA, DAVIDSON,
DAVIS, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GILLEN, HARHAI, KINSEY, KORTZ,
McCARTER, MULLERY, MURT, O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, READSHAW,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER AND THOMAS, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
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 and administrative work of the Commonwealth by 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 powers and duties of the
Department of Human Services and its departmental
administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing
for housing for mentally ill inmates of county correctional
institutions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
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section to read:
Section 2336. Housing for Mentally Ill Inmates of County
Correctional Institutions.--The Department of Human Services
shall construct and operate an appropriate facility for mentally
ill inmates of county correctional institutions who are unable
to be accommodated at an existing State mental health facility.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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