72 P.S. § 1729-H Department of Human Services.

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 72 P.S. § 1729-H

The following shall apply to appropriations for the Department of Public Welfare from the General Appropriation Act:

(1) Authorized transfers for child-care services. The following shall apply:

(i) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may transfer Federal funds appropriated for TANFBG Child Care Assistance to the CCDFBG Child Care Services appropriation to provide child-care services to additional low-income families if the transfer of funds will not result in a deficit in the appropriation. The secretary shall provide notice ten days prior to a transfer under this subparagraph to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(ii) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may transfer Federal funds appropriated for CCDFBG Child Care Assistance to the CCDFBG Child Care Services appropriation to provide child-care services to additional low-income families, provided that the transfer of funds will not result in a deficit in the appropriation. The secretary shall provide notice ten days prior to a transfer under this subparagraph to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(2) Administration of Human Services Block Grant. The department shall allocate and disburse the following State money appropriated in the General Appropriation Act for the Human Services Block Grant Pilot Program established under Article XIV-B of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, to counties participating in that program: for mental health services, including grants to counties exclusive of capital improvements; for medical assistance payments - outpatient services, exclusive of outpatient services provided through capitation plans; for behavioral health services; for intellectual disabilities - community-based program, exclusive of capital improvements, which shall include grants to counties for noninstitutional programs; for payments and services to counties for children and youth programs and for the care of delinquent and dependent children; and for provision of services to the homeless. Each county in the pilot program may adjust its expenditure of its Human Services Block Grant Pilot Program allocation among these appropriations in accordance with, and as authorized by, the applicable provisions of Article XIV-B of the Public Welfare Code.