THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY KITCHEN, FONTANA, STACK, COSTA, BRUBAKER, KASUNIC, BOSCOLA, BAKER, WILLIAMS, BROWNE, ERICKSON, GREENLEAF, FOLMER, RAFFERTY AND MENSCH, FEBRUARY 1, 2011

REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, FEBRUARY 1, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

Executive Department thereof and the administrative

departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

number and compensation of the deputies and all other

assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

commissions shall be determined," in powers and duties of the

Department of Public Welfare and its departmental

administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing

for eligibility for subsidized child day care.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known

as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a

section to read:

Section 2336.  Eligibility for Subsidized Child Care.--(a)  A

family that has at least one parent who is a Pennsylvania

National Guard member that has been ordered to active Federal or

State service shall be given a preference for placement in

subsidized child care available under 55 Pa. Code Pt. V Subpt. B

(relating to eligibility for services), if the family otherwise

qualifies for subsidized child care services under regulations

of the Department of Public Welfare.

(b)  A family shall continue to receive subsidized child care

services after the Pennsylvania National Guard member has

returned from active Federal or State service for as long as the

family continues to meet eligibility requirements under

regulations of the Department of Public Welfare.

Section 2.  When the Department of Public Welfare receives

Federal approval for any necessary State plan amendment to carry

out the provisions of section 2336 of the act, it shall transmit

notice of that fact to the Legislative Reference Bureau for

publication as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

Section 3.  The addition of section 2336 of the act shall

apply 60 days following publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin

of the notice of Federal approval under section 2 of this act.

Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.