PRINTER'S NO. 1409
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1317
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WARREN, SANCHEZ, LEE, FREEMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-
EVANS, STURLA, MADDEN, HOWARD, GALLOWAY, DRISCOLL, MALAGARI,
SCHWEYER, CIRESI, O'MARA, DEASY AND INNAMORATO,
APRIL 30, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 30, 2021
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
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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
providing for use of money; 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) The sum of $750,000 shall be appropriated from
the General Fund and shall be used for making a one-time
payment to county agencies as defined under 55 Pa. Code ยง
3490.4 (relating to definitions) and the county agency's
contracted providers for child welfare services, for the
purchase of personal protective equipment. All of the
following apply:
(i) The Department of Human Services shall allocate
the payments based upon the percentage of caseworkers per
county agency.
(ii) The disbursement of payments shall be
determined by the Department of Human Services.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, the payment received by a county agency
under this paragraph shall not affect the eligibility of,
or the amount awarded to, a county agency under any
needs-based grant and budget process.
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Section 2. The sum of $750,000, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, is appropriated from the General Fund to the
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Department of Human Services for making payments to county
agencies under section 160-C(a)(10.1) of the act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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