Bill Text: PA SB1474 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting the expenditure of funds to pay for abortions except as provided by State law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-08 - Referred to PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE [SB1474 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1474-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2303
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1474 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, SCARNATI, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BRUBAKER, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FOLMER, MENSCH, PICCOLA, TOMLINSON, WARD AND D. WHITE, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," prohibiting the expenditure
of funds to pay for abortions except as provided by State
law.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 4. Abortion Funding.--All State agencies
implementing and complying with the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119), and any
Federal law relating to health care which is enacted
subsequently, shall ensure that no funds are expended, or
authorized to be expended, to pay for abortions except as
permitted under 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 32 (relating to abortion).
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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