PRINTER'S NO. 1569
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1445
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BOBACK, BROOKS, CIRESI, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
FARRY, GAYDOS, GILLESPIE, HAMM, HELM, KNOWLES, LEWIS
DELROSSO, M. MACKENZIE, MOUL, PICKETT, ROTHMAN, ROWE, SMITH,
STRUZZI, THOMAS, TWARDZIK, WARNER AND ZIMMERMAN, MAY 20, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 20, 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
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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 additional special funds and restricted
accounts, providing for COVID-19 response transfers for
assistance to the Commonwealth's emergency medical services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1739-A.1. COVID-19 response transfers for assistance to
the Commonwealth's emergency medical services.
(a) Transfers.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary and in addition to any other money appropriated
to the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund, the Secretary
of the Budget shall transfer the sum of $5,500,000 from money
received by the Commonwealth under Title IX, Subtitle M, Section
9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2,
135 Stat. 4) to the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund.
(b) Appropriation.--The money transferred under subsection
(a) shall be appropriated to the Department of Health for the
purposes of disbursement in accordance with 35 Pa.C.S. § 8153
(relating to support of emergency medical services). This
appropriation shall not lapse.
(c) Deficit.--The Secretary of the Budget may not make the
transfer under subsection (a) if the transfer would result in a
deficit in any of the funds.
(d) (Reserved) .
(e) Report.--No later than September 30, 2021, the Secretary
of the Budget shall provide a report detailing all spending
related to the COVID-19 response the Commonwealth has made under
this section, including the name of each recipient of funds and
the dollar amount issued. The Secretary of the Budget shall
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provide the report to the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of
the Senate, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives, the chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and
minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives, the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority
chairperson of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the House of Representatives.
(f) Expiration.--The authority to transfer funds under
subsection (a) shall expire September 30, 2021.
(g) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"COVID-19." The novel coronavirus as identified in the
Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency issued on March 6,
2020.
"Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund." The Emergency
Medical Services Operating Fund established under 35 Pa.C.S. §
8153.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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