PRINTER'S NO. 4457
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2901
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY FIEDLER, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"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 emergency COVID-19 response, further
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providing for use of money relating to Department of Human
Services; and making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 160-C(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding a paragraph to read:
Section 160-C. Use of money.
(a) Uses.--The following shall apply:
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(10.1) Subject to paragraph (11), from money
appropriated for COVID Relief - Child-Care Services,
$100,000,000 shall be allocated for child care services. The
Department of Human Services shall develop criteria for
distribution of the appropriation to eligible child care
providers using: Child Care Works program data and
objectives; the study issued on the economic impacts of child
care closures during the proclamation of disaster emergency
issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020; viability of
providers due to the varying business models, market factors,
impacts of the business closure orders, child care deserts or
other individual provider circumstances not accounted for in
the study; and any other factors deemed relevant by the
Department of Human Services.
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Section 2. The sum of $100,000,000, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, of Federal money is appropriated from the
COVID-19 Response Restricted Account for COVID Relief to the
Department of Human Services for the purpose of making payments
for child care services under section 160-C(a)(10.1) of the act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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