Pennsylvania Act 1949-126 — ESTABLISHING THE EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE

Act text

AN ACT

Establishing, within the limits of Philadelphia, the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute as a State institution; providing for a board of trustees and a medical advisory board therefor; conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Property and Supplies, the Department of Welfare, the board of trustees and the medical advisory board.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. There is hereby directed to be established and erected, at a site within the limits of the City of Philadelphia to be designated by the Department of Public Welfare with the approval of the Governor, the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. It shall provide training and teaching to graduate and undergraduate students in the mental health field and shall conduct research into the causes, prevention, treatment and cure of mental, neurological and related disorders. Through the department, the institute may enter into agreements specifying the terms and conditions under which one or more medical schools selected by the Secretary of Public Welfare may be associated with the institute in providing diagnosis, treatment, training, teaching and research. Such agreements may provide for the transfer of responsibility by the department for the management and operation of the institute in whole or in part.

(1 amended Dec. 3, 1980, P.L.1091, No.185)

Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Compiler's Note: The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 2. The Department of Property and Supplies shall proceed with surveys, plans and estimates for an available site selected by the Department of Welfare and approved by the Governor, for the construction and equipment of such institution thereon, and for the improvement of the grounds connected therewith, in the manner provided by The Administrative Code of one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine, as amended, and shall proceed, as soon as said site is selected and the plans for such institution are approved, with the erection, construction and equipping of the same.

Section 3. (3 repealed Oct. 19, 1967, P.L.458, No.215)

Section 3.1. The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to lease or sublease, all or part of the land and buildings known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, and equipment therein, as appropriate to medical schools selected by the Secretary of Public Welfare upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Department of General Services may prescribe.

(3.1 added Dec. 3, 1980, P.L.1091, No.185)

Compiler's Note: The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 4. (4 repealed Oct. 19, 1967, P.L.458, No.215)

Section 5. (5 repealed Oct. 19, 1967, P.L.458, No.215)

Section 6. (6 repealed Oct. 19, 1967, P.L.458, No.215)

Section 7. (7 repealed Oct. 19, 1967, P.L.458, No.215)

Section 8. (8 repealed Oct. 19, 1967, P.L.458, No.215)

Section 9. The provisions of this act shall become effective immediately upon its final enactment.