PRINTER'S NO. 1434
No. 1152 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, FUMO, MELLOW, O'PAKE, STOUT, MUSTO,
KASUNIC, TARTAGLIONE, BODACK, HUGHES, LAVALLE, KITCHEN,
LOGAN, SCHWARTZ, STACK, COSTA, WAGNER, WOZNIAK AND WILLIAMS,
OCTOBER 15, 2001
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, OCTOBER 15, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled
2 "An act providing for a State Lottery and administration
3 thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery
4 Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of
5 funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes
6 from State and local taxation and making an appropriation,"
7 further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract
8 for the Elderly Fund; and providing for certain
9 recommendations by the Secretary of Aging.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 508(a) of the act of August 26, 1971
13 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, added November
14 21, 1996 (P.L.741, No.134), is amended to read:
15 Section 508. Request for proposal.
16 (a) General rule.--The department shall prepare a request
17 for proposal for the purpose of providing pharmaceutical
18 assistance for the elderly within this Commonwealth. Upon the
19 adoption of the General Fund budget, the Department of Revenue
20 shall be authorized to transmit the appropriated funds in the
1 State Lottery Fund to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the
2 Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Fund. This
3 fund shall consist of appropriations and interest and shall be
4 created by the State Treasurer to fund the operations of the
5 program by the department and the private contractor. In
6 addition, this fund shall consist of interest earned by moneys
7 in the Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund, which shall be deposited
8 on an annual basis in the fund. Funds not expended in the fiscal
9 year in which they were appropriated shall not lapse and be
10 available for use in the next fiscal year.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
13 Section 523. Recommendations of Secretary of Aging.
14 Within 45 days after the annual deposit of interest from the
15 Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund in accordance with section
16 508(a), the Secretary of Aging shall issue recommendations to
17 the chairman and minority chairman of the Aging and Youth
18 Committee of the Senate and the Aging and Older Adult Services
19 Committee of the House of Representatives on the following
20 issues:
21 (1) Elimination or reduction of the deductible amount
22 under PACENET.
23 (2) Extension of the PACE reinstatement provisions
24 established under section 2305 of the act of June 26, 2001
25 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the "Tobacco Settlement Act."
26 (3) Increase of participation under PACE and PACENET
27 through a change in eligibility requirements.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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