PRINTER'S NO. 2297
No. 1591 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE, NOVEMBER 18, 1998
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, NOVEMBER 18, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for
21 powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 2203-A of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
26 amended by adding a subsection to read:
27 Section 2203-A. Powers and Duties in General.--* * *
1 (a.1) To ensure the effective administration of protective
2 services for older persons residing in a city of the first
3 class, the department shall divide the city of the first class
4 into four districts of equal population and shall treat each
5 district as a separate unit for purposes of providing and
6 delivering protective services.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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