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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 310

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 295 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, EARLL, KITCHEN, COSTA, ORIE, RHOADES,
           MUSTO, O'PAKE, GREENLEAF, TARTAGLIONE, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA AND
           PILEGGI, FEBRUARY 13, 2003

        REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, FEBRUARY 13, 2003

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315),
     2     entitled, as amended, "An act to improve local health
     3     administration throughout the Commonwealth by authorizing the
     4     creation, establishment and administration of single-county
     5     or joint-county departments of health in all counties;
     6     exempting certain municipalities from the jurisdiction of
     7     single-county or joint-county departments of health;
     8     permitting the dissolution of departments or boards of health
     9     in certain municipalities; authorizing State grants to
    10     counties which establish departments of health and to certain
    11     municipalities if they meet prescribed requirements;
    12     conferring powers and duties upon the State Department of
    13     Health in connection with the creation, establishment and
    14     administration of single-county or joint-county departments
    15     of health and administration of the health laws in parts of
    16     certain municipalities not subject to the jurisdiction of
    17     single-county or joint-county departments of health, and the
    18     administration of State grants; and repealing an act which
    19     confers health powers upon counties of the first class,"
    20     further providing for State grants to county departments of
    21     health and to certain municipalities.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  Section 25(d) of the act of August 24, 1951
    25  (P.L.1304, No.315), known as the Local Health Administration
    26  Law, amended December 17, 1990 (P.L.717, No.179), is amended to
    27  read:

     1     Section 25.  State Grants to County Departments of Health and
     2  to Certain Municipalities.--* * *
     3     (d)  Environmental Health Services.--The Commonwealth shall
     4  pay an additional annual grant of not more than [one dollar and
     5  fifty cents ($1.50)] three dollars ($3.00) per capita resident
     6  to each county department of health or department or board of
     7  health of a municipality eligible for grants under this act for
     8  environmental health services provided by the county or
     9  municipality.
    10     As used in this subsection "environmental health services"
    11  means services such as but not limited to air and noise
    12  pollution control, restaurant and wholesale food inspection,
    13  rodent and vector control, water and sewage inspection, housing
    14  code enforcement and other similar services in addition to other
    15  local health grants for public health services.
    16     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.










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