PRINTER'S NO. 909
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
769
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MASSER, D. COSTA, BISHOP, DIAMOND, PICKETT, BAKER,
THOMAS, COHEN, LONGIETTI, WATSON, A. HARRIS, GRELL, HARHART,
IRVIN, HAHN, ROSS, GINGRICH AND MURT, MARCH 10, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, MARCH 10, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in children and youth,
further providing for payments to counties for services to
children.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 704.1(g) of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, amended July
9, 2013 (P.L.369, No.55), is amended and the section is amended
by adding a subsection to read:
Section 704.1. Payments to Counties for Services to
Children.--* * *
(b.1) Payments shall be made in equal quarterly installments
of the amount fixed by section 709.3, the first of which shall
be for the quarter beginning July 1 and ending September 30; the
second installment shall be for the quarter beginning October 1
and ending December 31; the third installment shall be for the
quarter beginning January 1 and ending March 31; and the fourth
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installment shall be for the quarter beginning April 1 and
ending June 30. The local contribution required under this
section shall not be required to be paid until the fourth
quarter payment is due. The quarterly payment shall be paid at
the beginning of each quarter for which the county institution
district or its successor has budgeted an amount equal to one
quarter of the annual local contribution required. At the close
of the fourth quarter, the total payments made to the county
institution district or its successor in accordance with section
709.3 shall be reconciled and adjusted in accordance with this
section and section 709.3.
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[(g) The department shall process payments to each county
pursuant to this article from funds appropriated by the General
Assembly for each fiscal year, within fifteen days of passage of
the general appropriation bill or by a date specified under
paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), whichever is later. The
department shall process the following applicable payments to
the county:
(1) By July 15, twenty-five percent of the amount of State
funds allocated to the county under section 709.3.
(2) By August 31, or upon approval by the department of the
county's final cumulative report for its expenditures for the
prior fiscal year, whichever is later, twenty-five percent of
the amount of State funds allocated to the county under section
709.3, reduced by the amount of aggregate unspent State funds
provided to the county during the previous fiscal year.
(3) By November 30, or upon approval by the department of
the county's report for its expenditures for the first quarter
of the fiscal year, whichever is later, twenty-five percent of
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the amount of State funds allocated to the county under section
709.3, reduced by the amount of unspent State funds already
provided to the county for the first quarter of the fiscal year.
(4) By February 28, or upon approval by the department of
the county's report for its expenditures for the second quarter
of the fiscal year, whichever is later, twelve and one-half
percent of the amount of State funds allocated to the county
under section 709.3, adjusted by the amount of overspending or
underspending of State funds in the previous quarters, but not
to exceed eighty-seven and one-half percent of the county's
approved State allocation.
(5) Upon approval by the department of the county's final
cumulative report for its expenditures for the fiscal year,
twelve and one-half percent of the amount of State funds
allocated to the county under section 709.3, adjusted by the
amount of overspending or underspending of State funds in the
previous quarters.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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