PRINTER'S NO. 3606
No. 2730 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, CALTAGIRONE, MANDERINO, PICCOLA, RICHARDSON,
BROWN, HALUSKA, HUGHES, JAROLIN, ROEBUCK, TRELLO, ADOLPH,
BUNT, BAKER, FLICK, CESSAR, CLYMER, FICHTER, GANNON,
HENNESSEY, HESS, LEH, MICOZZIE, PHILLIPS, PITTS, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SERAFINI, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, TOMLINSON, TRUE AND
M. N. WRIGHT, APRIL 19, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, APRIL 19, 1994
AN ACT
1 Exempting certain residential child-care facilities from certain
2 State regulations relating to revenue and compensation.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Certain residential child-care facilities exempt
6 from certain regulations.
7 Any private nonprofit program which receives delinquents
8 pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to juvenile matters) and
9 is licensed by the Department of Public Welfare as a residential
10 child-care facility, with a licensed capacity greater than 450
11 delinquents at one location or site, which maintains a per diem
12 cost of care as certified by the Auditor General of 80% or less
13 than the cost of care billed to county institution districts for
14 similar care provided at the lowest per diem cost of a similar
15 State youth development center, and which does not in any one
16 fiscal year seek an increase in its per diem cost which is
1 greater than or equal to the Consumer Price Index for the
2 preceding one-year fiscal period shall be exempt from any
3 regulation promulgated subsequent to enactment of this section
4 by the Department of Public Welfare or other executive agency
5 regarding retained revenue, compensation of staff and revenue
6 provisions for donations and gifts.
7 Section 2. Effective date.
8 This act shall take effect immediately.
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