PRINTER'S NO. 1442
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1348
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, MAY 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 5, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"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, further
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providing for Department of Human Services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1729-E(5) and (6) of the act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, are amended
and the section is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 1729-E. Department of Human Services.
The following shall apply to appropriations for the
Department of Human Services:
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(5) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may
transfer Federal money appropriated for Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families Block [Grant Child] Grant - Child Care
Assistance to the Child Care and Development Fund Block
[Grant Child] Grant - Child Care Services appropriation to
provide child-care services to additional low-income families
if the transfer of money will not result in a deficit in the
appropriation. The secretary shall provide notice 10 days
prior to a transfer under this paragraph to the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
(6) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may
transfer Federal money appropriated for Child Care and
Development Fund Block [Grant Child] Grant - Child Care
Assistance to the Child Care and Development Fund Block
[Grant Child] Grant - Child Care Services appropriation to
provide child-care services to additional low-income
families[, provided that] if the transfer of money will not
result in a deficit in the appropriation. The secretary shall
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provide notice 10 days prior to a transfer under this
paragraph to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
the House of Representatives.
(6.1) In accordance with Federal law, the department,
upon approval of the secretary, may transfer Federal money
from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant
to the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant and the
Social Services Block Grant if the transfer of money will not
result in a deficit in an appropriation. The secretary shall
provide notice 10 days prior to a transfer to the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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