PRINTER'S NO. 2255
No. 1737 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BISHOP,
BROWNE, BUNT, BUXTON, CAPPELLI, COHEN, COY, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
CURRY, DALLY, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GERGELY, GODSHALL,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
KENNEY, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LAUGHLIN, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
YOUNGBLOOD, LEACH, MAHER, McCALL, MICOZZIE, MUNDY, NAILOR,
PALLONE, PISTELLA, READSHAW, REICHLEY, RUBLEY, SHANER,
SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS AND
TIGUE, JUNE 26, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 26, 2003
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Health for services
2 for children with special needs for the fiscal year beginning
3 July 1, 2003.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Appropriation.
7 The sum of $87,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
8 of Health for services for children with special needs for the
9 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. This appropriation includes
10 funding for spina bifida services, $50,000 for the ventilator-
11 assisted children's home program including case management and
12 respite care services, and public awareness activities related
13 to folic acid ingestion.
14 Section 2. Construction.
15 The sum appropriated in section 1 shall be construed as a
1 supplement to the State appropriation to the Department of
2 Health for services for children with special needs set forth in
3 section 215 of the act of March 20, 2003 (P.L., No.1A), known as
4 the General Appropriation Act of 2003.
5 Section 3. Effective date.
6 This act shall take effect July 1, 2003, or immediately,
7 whichever occurs later.
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