Pennsylvania Act 1998-116 — HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND ACT - AMEND ALLOCATIONS

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HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND ACT - AMEND ALLOCATIONS
                  Act of Dec. 3, 1998, P.L. 928, No. 116              Cl. 67
                             Session of 1998
                               No. 1998-116

     HB 2459

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of October 5, 1994 (P.L.531, No.78), entitled
        "An act providing for the establishment of the Human Services
        Development Fund and for its administration and operation;
        and imposing additional powers and duties on the Department
        of Public Welfare," further providing for allocations.

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

        Section 1.  Section 7 of the act of October 5, 1994 (P.L.531,
     No.78), known as the Human Services Development Fund Act, is
     amended to read:
      Section 7.  Allocations.
        (a)  General formula.--[An] Except as set forth in subsection
     (a.1), an annual appropriation shall be distributed among the
     counties as follows:
            (1)  50% shall be allocated on a per capita basis.
            (2)  50% shall be allocated on a poverty level basis.
        (a.1)  Cost-of-living increase.--Any increase in the State
     appropriation identified as a cost-of-living adjustment in a
     general appropriation act shall be distributed as a cost-of-
     living adjustment to all counties. The distribution of the cost-
     of-living adjustment shall be made after all other funds have
     been distributed through the formula in subsection (a).
        (b)  Minimum.--Except as provided in subsection (c), no
     county shall receive a grant in an amount which is less than the
     amount it received in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
        (c)  Reductions.--
            (1)  If a reduction in funding occurs, each county's
        allocation shall be reduced on a pro rata basis subject to
        paragraph (2).
            (2)  No county shall receive less than $50,000.
        (d)  Data to be used to compute formula.--The most recently
     available data shall be used in applying the formula set forth
     in subsection (a).
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

     APPROVED--The 3rd day of December, A. D. 1998.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE