PRINTER'S NO. 560
No. 542 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, MELLOW, COSTA, BODACK, BELAN, TARTAGLIONE,
WAGNER, FUMO, KASUNIC, SCHWARTZ, HUGHES AND KUKOVICH,
MARCH 9, 1999
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 9, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for
21 subsidized day-care services.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
26 section to read:
27 Section 2336. Day-Care Services.--Notwithstanding any other
1 provisions of law or regulation to the contrary, the Department
2 of Public Welfare shall revert to the income eligibility
3 requirement and shall revert to the method for computing weekly
4 family fee for subsidized child day-care service which was in
5 effect on January 1, 1998, pursuant to 55 Pa.Code Ch. 3040
6 (relating to subsidized child day care), unless such increase or
7 modification is authorized by statute. The Department of Public
8 Welfare may not use any funds other than the unspent Federal
9 block grant surplus for the 1998-1999 fiscal year to carry out
10 the requirements of this section.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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