PRINTER'S NO. 4295

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

2829

Session of

2020

INTRODUCED BY MURT, SAPPEY, THOMAS, RADER, GREEN AND HOHENSTEIN,

AUGUST 28, 2020

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, AUGUST 28, 2020

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of

certain departments, boards and commissions shall be

determined," in Commonwealth budget procedures, providing for

essential service payments during budget impasse.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known

as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a

section to read:

Section 626. Essential Service Payments During Budget

the State Treasurer the line items and amounts paid for

essential services and other essential services from each of

their departments during the prior fiscal year and the amounts

so certified are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to

the respective departments for those purposes.

(2) The Department of Human Services, the Department of Drug

and Alcohol Programs , the Department of Aging and any department

that provides other essential services may submit requisitions

to the State Treasurer for the payment of the essential services

and other essential services to a human services organization,

shall include reimbursement of interest incurred by the human

service organization, county or other intermediary organization

for providing essential services in this Commonwealth, if the

interest was incurred on a loan issued by a financial

institution to the human service organization, county or other

intermediary organization and the organization demonstrates in

writing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Budget that

the loan was necessary to support the operations of the

organization as a direct result of not receiving timely payment

from the Commonwealth after July 1 of the fiscal year.

(d) An appropriation made under subsection (a) in any fiscal

for that fiscal year is enacted.

(e) The Secretary of the Budget and the State Treasurer

shall expedite payments under this section consistent with their

powers and duties in the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176),

known as "The Fiscal Code."

(f) The Secretary of the Budget shall submit a report to the

Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Appropriations

year indicating any services that will be deemed essential by

the Governor to protect public health and safety during a

potential budget impasse.

(2) Mental health services, including grants to counties or

other county-based human services included under the Human

Services Block Grant, exclusive of capital improvements.

(3) Behavioral health services or other county-based human

services included under the Human Services Block Grant.

(4) Intellectual Disabilities - Community Base Program,

under section 704.1 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21),

shall include an aggregate child welfare needs-based budget

allocation that the Department of Human Services may use to fund

contracts for adoption services and to pay for assistance to

counties in meeting Federal reimbursement documentation

requirements.

(6) The Human Services Development Fund.

(7) Medical assistance payments for outpatient services,

exclusive of outpatient services provided through capitation

plans.

(8) Payments to counties for drug and alcohol addiction

treatment services under section 2334.

(9) Any other funds for which the county provides services

on behalf of the Commonwealth.

fiscal year from Federal and State appropriations that the

service.