PRINTER'S NO. 4724
No. 2988 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PISTELLA, DeWEESE, BELFANTI, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE,
CAWLEY, COHEN, CRAHALLA, DALEY, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD,
FLAHERTY, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY,
JAMES, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, MANDERINO, PARKER, PETRONE,
SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, TIGUE, WALKO, YUDICHAK, BEBKO-
JONES AND THOMAS, OCTOBER 4, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
OCTOBER 4, 2006
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; and making an
22 appropriation.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 2203-A(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
1 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
2 amended by adding clauses to read:
3 Section 2203-A. Powers and Duties in General.-(a) The
4 Department of Aging hereinafter referred to in this article as
5 the department shall, subject to any inconsistent provisions in
6 this act contained, have the power and its duty shall be to:
7 * * *
8 (24.3) Establish and administer an Office of Volunteer
9 Ombudsmen to:
10 (i) Promote Statewide recruitment of volunteer ombudsmen.
11 (ii) Coordinate area agency on aging long-term care
12 ombudsmen volunteer coordinators.
13 (iii) Provide each area agency on aging with a long-term
14 care ombudsman volunteer coordinator.
15 (iv) Establish a training and certification program for
16 long-term care volunteer ombudsmen for purposes of clause
17 (24.2).
18 (v) Assure that the volunteer training and certification
19 program meets regulatory standards.
20 (24.4) Promulgate regulations and issue directives that
21 ensure that residents receiving long-term care services receive
22 information regarding the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
23 Program, program contact information and a list of resident
24 rights.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 311(b)
27 of the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the
28 State Lottery Law, to the contrary, the sum of $1,500,000, or as
29 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from
30 the State Lottery Fund to the Department of Aging for the fiscal
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1 year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, to carry out the provisions
2 of the addition of section 2203-A(a)(24.3) and (24.4) of the
3 act.
4 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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