PRINTER'S NO. 1086
No. 921 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ORIE AND COSTA, JUNE 4, 2001
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, JUNE 4, 2001
AN ACT
1 Designating a percentage of tobacco litigation Master Settlement
2 Agreement funds to be utilized for salaries of direct care
3 staff who work with individuals diagnosed with mental
4 disabilities in community-based mental health/mental
5 retardation programs.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Short title.
9 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Tobacco
10 Settlement Set Aside for Direct Care Workers Act.
11 Section 2. Definitions.
12 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
13 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
14 context clearly indicates otherwise:
15 "Tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement." The Master
16 Settlement Agreement relating to tobacco litigation entered into
17 in 1998 by the Commonwealth and leading United States tobacco
18 product manufacturers.
19 Section 3. Set aside for salaries of direct care workers.
1 Annually, 25% of all money received by the Commonwealth under
2 the tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement shall be set
3 aside for appropriation by the General Assembly to community-
4 based mental health and mental retardation programs for salaries
5 of direct care workers.
6 Section 10. Effective date.
7 This act shall take effect immediately.
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