PRINTER'S NO. 3607
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2555
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BANTA, HANBIDGE, KAUFFMAN, MOUL,
PICKETT AND SMITH, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for Department of Human Services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1729-E(b) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:
Section 1729-E. Department of Human Services.
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(b) Home and Community-Based Services for Individuals with
Intellectual Disabilities Augmentation Account.--
(1) A restricted account is established in the General
Fund to be known as the Home and Community-Based Services for
Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Augmentation
Account.
(2) Money in the account shall not lapse.
(3) The following shall be deposited in the account:
(i) The net proceeds of the sale of real property
which served as a state center for individuals with
intellectual disabilities.
(ii) An annual transfer from the General Fund to the
account in accordance with the following:
(A) If the amount of the appropriation for state
centers for individuals with intellectual
disabilities in a fiscal year is less than the amount
of [the] an appropriation for [the] a prior fiscal
year, the Secretary of the Budget shall certify the
difference as the amount to be transferred.
(A.1) For each fiscal year after the sale of
real property which served as a state center for
individuals with intellectual disabilities, the
secretary shall certify the amount of maintenance
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costs, upkeep and operational costs that would
otherwise have been expended for the state center for
individuals with intellectual disabilities had it
remained open and operational. The amount certified
under this clause shall be transferred.
(B) [The] A transfer under this subparagraph
shall be made no later than last day of the first
quarter of a fiscal year.
(iii) Any amounts appropriated or transferred to the
account.
(4) Money in the account is hereby appropriated to the
Department of Human Services to provide [home and community-
based supports, including quality direct support professional
capacity, to provide housing supports for individuals with
intellectual disabilities and to provide] home and community-
based supports for people on the emergency waiting list as of
the first day of a fiscal year as determined by the
department after receiving input from the Office of
Developmental Programs and the Information Sharing and
Advisory Committee.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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