S0385B0391A01421 DMS:AAS 06/03/21 #90 A01421
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 385
Sponsor: SENATOR J. WARD
Printer's No. 391
Amend Bill, page 2, line 2, by striking out "building
occupant protection" and inserting
a long-term care facility ventilation grant program
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 5 through 31; page 3, lines 1
through 9; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 1. Article I-C of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a
subarticle to read:
SUBARTICLE B.l
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE ACCOUNT
Section 115-C. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subarticle
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Current fiscal year." The fiscal year beginning July 1,
2021, and ending June 30, 2022.
Section 116-C. Construction with the General Appropriation Act
of 2021.
All appropriations contained in this subarticle from the
General Fund shall be in addition to any appropriation under the
act of (P.L. , No.lA) , known as the General Appropriation Act
of 2021.
Section 117-C. Appropriations from the account.
To the Department of Community and Economic Development for
the current fiscal year, $5,000,000 of Federal amounts is
appropriated from the COVID-19 Response Restricted Account for
COVID Relief - Long-Term Care Facility Ventilation Grant Program
under section 135-C.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 135-C. Long-Term Care Facility Ventilation Grant
Program.
(a) Use of funds.--From money appropriated to the department
for COVID Relief - Long-Term Care Facility Ventilation Grant
Program, $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the authority and
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shall be used to make grants under this section.
(b) Establishment of program.--The authority shall establish
the program as a Statewide grant program.
(c) Purpose of program.--The program shall receive
applications and award grants to long-term care facilities in
accordance with this section.
(d) Application.--The authority shall develop an application
for long-term care facilities to apply for a grant under this
section within 30 days of the effective date of this section.
The application shall be made available and posted on the
authority's publicly accessible Internet website and shall be in
a form that can be completed electronically or through the
United States mail.
(e) Deadline.--No application for a grant under this section
may be submitted 60 days after the date the authority makes the
application available and posted on the authority's publicly
accessible Internet website.
(f) Guidelines.--The authority shall establish guidelines
that are consistent with the provisions of this section within
30 days of the effective date of this section. The guidelines
shall be:
(1) Submitted to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(2) Posted on the authority's publicly accessible
Internet website.
(g) Program requirements.--A long-term care facility may be
eligible for a grant provided that the facility submits a paid
invoice for work completed during the declared COVID-19
emergency or submits a contractual agreement for any of the
following purposes:
(1) The implementation of best practices regarding
indoor air management strategies aimed at reducing the risk
of transmission of, and occupant exposure to, COVID-19,
including any of the following:
(i) Dilution.
(ii) Airflow patterns.
(iii) Outdoor air ventilation.
(iv) Pressurization.
(v) Demand-controlled ventilation.
(vi) Temperature and humidity distribution and
control.
(vii) Filtration.
(viii) Ultra-violet germicidal irradiation.
(ix) Personalized ventilation systems for certain
high-risk tasks.
(x) Portable, free-standing high-efficiency
particulate air filters.
(xi) Ionization Technology.
(xii) Ozonation.
(2) The design, installation, operation and maintenance
of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems,
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including air-cleaning and local exhaust ventilation systems,
to decrease the risk of infection transmission.
(3) The development of emergency preparedness plans to
mitigate exposure to infectious aerosols and to decrease the
risk of infection transmission.
(h) Grant limits.--The authority may award a grant to a
long-term care facility not to exceed $15,000.
(i) Award of grants.--The authority shall award grants and
make grant payments under this section no later than two months
after the deadline for submitting the grant application or 30
days prior to any Federal or State imposed deadline established
for the use of such funds, whichever is sooner. The authority
shall ensure that grants are made available to all geographic
areas of this Commonwealth.
(j) Expiration.--This section shall expire after the money
transferred to the authority under subsection (a) has been
exhausted. The authority shall transmit notice of the date that
the money is exhausted to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(k) Return of grants.--If a long-term care facility receives
a grant but fails to complete a project for the purposes
authorized under subsection (g), the facility must return the
funds to the authority, which will be redirected to the General
Fund.
(l) Ineligibility.--A long-term care facility that has
already received reimbursement for a qualifying project under
subsection (g,) will be ineligible to participate in the
program.
(m) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Authority." The Commonwealth Financing Authority.
"COVID-19." The Coronavirus Disease 2019, an infectious
disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 that was first identified during December 2019 in Wuhan,
China.
"Long-term care facilities." Any of the following:
(1) A long-term care nursing facility as defined in
section 802.1 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48),
known as the Health Care Facilities Act.
(2) An assisted living residence as defined in section
1001 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as
the Human Services Code.
(3) A personal care home as defined in section 1001 of
the Human Services Code.
"Program." Long-Term Care Facility Ventilation Grant Program
established under this section.
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