PRINTER'S NO. 1370
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1184
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, APRIL 10, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 10, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for cancer control, prevention and
research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for
the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment
business financial management firms, for private dam
financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes;
providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and
lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the
Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other
money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or
any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, providing
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for block grants and further providing for Pennsylvania
Higher Education Assistance Agency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1705-E. Block grants.
(a) Small Communities Development Block Grant.--The Small
Communities Development Block Grant (SCDBG) is to assist small
cities and communities that have a high concentration of
impoverished citizens and substandard housing to expand their
low-income and moderate-income housing opportunities and to meet
community development needs.
(b) Community Services Block Grant.--The Community Services
Block Grant (CSBG) is to provide a range of services and
activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on
the causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the
community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. In
addition, new focus may be placed on the unemployed, both old
and new. Local agencies may lower their eligibility requirements
for recipients to three months to allow greater flexibility to
assure proper consideration of each recipient.
(c) Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.--The
Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG) is
for the provision of preventive health and other health services
related to emergency medical systems, health initiative grants,
comprehensive public health, hypertension, fluoridation, health
education, risk reduction, home health, rape crisis and domestic
violence services.
(d) Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.--The
Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHSBG) is to
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enable states to maintain and strengthen their leadership in
planning, promoting, coordinating and evaluating health care for
pregnant women, mothers, infants and children, and children with
special health care needs and in providing health services for
mothers and children who do not have access to adequate health
care.
(e) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.--The Low-
Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant (LIHEABG) is to help
lessen the impact of the high cost of energy on low-income
families and individuals, including energy efficiency grants for
low-income dwellings. No less than 15% of the LIHEABG funds
received shall be used for weatherization. LIHEABG funds
received pursuant to a Presidential release of contingency funds
shall be exempt from the 15% requirement.
(f) Social Services Block Grant.--The Social Services Block
Grant (SSBG) is for the provision of social services to eligible
persons.
(g) Mental Health Services Block Grant.--The Mental Health
Services Block Grant (MHSBG) provides funds for the provision of
services to adults with serious mental illness or children with
serious emotional disturbance.
(h) Substance Abuse Block Grant.--The Substance Abuse Block
Grant (SABG) provides funds to establish and maintain programs
to combat drug and alcohol abuse.
(i) Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant.--The Child
Care and Development Fund Block Grant (CCDFBG) is for the
provision of direct child care for low-income families.
(j) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant.--
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANFBG)
provides funds for the provision of cash grants, child care,
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training and support services, child welfare and administration
for eligible families and individuals.
Section 2. Section 1738-E(a) of the act is amended by adding
a paragraph to read:
Section 1738-E. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency.
(a) Appropriations.--The following shall apply to
appropriations for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency from the General Appropriation Act:
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(3) The appropriations to the Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency, which is an integral part and
arm of the Commonwealth and which is directly controlled by
the Commonwealth, shall supplement other Commonwealth funds
maintained by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency in order to fulfill its essential State governmental
function of providing Commonwealth students with access to
higher education opportunities and providing essential higher
education programs for the benefit of Commonwealth students.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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