PRINTER'S NO. 3272
No. 2459 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY SCHULER, GRUITZA, STURLA, BUXTON, GEORGE, NICKOL,
FLEAGLE, ARGALL, WILT, DEMPSEY, READSHAW, SATHER, BATTISTO,
CURRY, FAIRCHILD, OLASZ, STERN, HERSHEY, MUNDY, ARMSTRONG,
SEMMEL, NAILOR, HESS, MAHER, BUNT, YOUNGBLOOD, B. SMITH,
TANGRETTI, COWELL, SAYLOR, TRUE, MASLAND AND MELIO,
MARCH 24, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 24, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 5, 1994 (P.L.531, No.78), entitled
2 "An act providing for the establishment of the Human Services
3 Development Fund and for its administration and operation;
4 and imposing additional powers and duties on the Department
5 of Public Welfare," further providing for allocations.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 7 of the act of October 5, 1994 (P.L.531,
9 No.78), known as the Human Services Development Fund Act, is
10 amended to read:
11 Section 7. Allocations.
12 (a) General formula.--[An] Except as set forth in subsection
13 (a.1), an annual appropriation shall be distributed among the
14 counties as follows:
15 (1) 50% shall be allocated on a per capita basis.
16 (2) 50% shall be allocated on a poverty level basis.
17 (a.1) Cost-of-living increase.--An increase in the State
1 allocation up to the rate of the Consumer Price Index of the
2 previous year shall be distributed as a cost-of-living
3 adjustment to all counties. Any remainder of the increase shall
4 be distributed through the formula set forth in subsection (b).
5 (b) Minimum.--Except as provided in subsection (c), no
6 county shall receive a grant in an amount which is less than the
7 amount it received in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
8 (c) Reductions.--
9 (1) If a reduction in funding occurs, each county's
10 allocation shall be reduced on a pro rata basis subject to
11 paragraph (2).
12 (2) No county shall receive less than $50,000.
13 (d) Data to be used to compute formula.--The most recently
14 available data shall be used in applying the formula set forth
15 in subsection (a).
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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