PRINTER'S NO. 391
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
385
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, J. WARD, PHILLIPS-HILL AND KEARNEY,
MARCH 11, 2021
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, MARCH 11, 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
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for
building occupant protection.
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 161-C. Building occupant protection.
(a) Additional appropriations.--For the 2021-2022 fiscal
year, from money that is received by the Commonwealth from the
Federal Government for COVID-19 relief or related purposes on or
after the effective date of this subsection, the sum of
$3,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Human Services
for the purpose of building occupant protection under subsection
(b).
(b) Use of money .-- The amount appropriated under subsection
(a) may be used for any of the following purposes:
(1) The implementation of best practices regarding
indoor air management strategies aimed at reducing the risk
of transmission of, and occupant exposure to, COVID-19,
including any of the following:
(i) Dilution.
(ii) Airflow patterns.
(iii) Outdoor air ventilation.
(iv) Pressurization.
(v) Demand-controlled ventilation.
(vi) Temperature and humidity distribution and
control.
(vii) Filtration.
(viii) Ultra-violet germicidal irradiation.
(ix) Personalized ventilation systems for certain
high-risk tasks.
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(x) Portable, free-standing high-efficiency
particulate air filters.
(2) The design, installation, operation and maintenance
of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems,
including air-cleaning and local exhaust ventilation systems,
to decrease the risk of infection transmission.
(3) The development of emergency preparedness plans to
mitigate exposure to infectious aerosols and to decrease the
risk of infection transmission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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