PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1954 PRINTER'S NO. 2290
No. 1478 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, AFFLERBACH, PECORA, SALVATORE,
PORTERFIELD, RHOADES, JONES, SHAFFER AND ROCKS,
FEBRUARY 14, 1990
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JUNE 12, 1990
AN ACT
1 Making an additional appropriation to the Department of Public <--
2 Welfare for use in County Mental Health/Mental Retardation
3 Programs to provide family-oriented intervention services for
4 children with disabilities.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The sum of $350,000, or as much thereof as may be
8 necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public
9 Welfare for the fiscal year July 1, 1989 1990, to June 30, 1990 <--
10 1991, for use in County Mental Health/Mental Retardation <--
11 Programs to provide a diverse array of family-oriented
12 intervention services serving children from birth through 21
13 years of age, in order to foster the integration of children
14 with disabilities into the mainstream of life. The services
15 shall include therapeutic activities such as play therapy for
16 families with disabled children, loan library of play materials,
17 therapeutic and adaptive computer equipment and software, parent
18 support and advocacy groups, workshops, recreation and social
1 functions, lectures and school integration programs.
2 Section 2. The appropriation in section 1 shall be in <--
3 addition to any sums appropriated for such purposes by the act
4 of July 1, 1989 (P.L.801, No.3A), known as the General
5 Appropriation Act of 1989.
6 Section 3 2. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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