PRINTER'S NO. 2835
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2019
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, NOVEMBER 4, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, NOVEMBER 4, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for cancer control, prevention and
research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for
the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment
business financial management firms, for private dam
financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes;
providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and
lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the
Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other
money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or
any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
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providing for Department of Human Services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1729-E(5) and (6) of the act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added June 28,
2019 (P.L.173, No.20), are amended and the section is amended by
adding a paragraph to read:
Section 1729-E. Department of Human Services.
The following shall apply to appropriations for the
Department of Human Services:
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(5) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may
transfer Federal money appropriated for Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families Block [Grant Child] Grant - Child Care
Assistance to the Child Care and Development Fund Block
[Grant Child] Grant - Child Care Services appropriation to
provide child-care services to additional low-income families
if the transfer of money will not result in a deficit in the
appropriation. The secretary shall provide notice 10 days
prior to a transfer under this paragraph to the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
(6) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may
transfer Federal money appropriated for Child Care and
Development Fund Block [Grant Child] Grant - Child Care
Assistance to the Child Care and Development Fund Block
[Grant Child] Grant - Child Care Services appropriation to
provide child-care services to additional low-income
families[, provided that] if the transfer of money will not
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result in a deficit in the appropriation. The secretary shall
provide notice 10 days prior to a transfer under this
paragraph to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
the House of Representatives.
(7) In accordance with Federal law, the department, upon
approval of the secretary, may transfer Federal money from
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant to
the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant and the
Social Services Block Grant if the transfer of money will not
result in a deficit in an appropriation. The secretary shall
provide notice 10 days prior to a transfer to the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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