Bill Text: PA SB520 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In Department of Health, providing for Alzheimer's disease programs.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-02 - Referred to PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE [SB520 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB520-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 527
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 520 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, STOUT, TOMLINSON, KITCHEN, RAFFERTY, WASHINGTON, ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, LOGAN, O'PAKE, BOSCOLA, COSTA, WILLIAMS, BROWNE, WONDERLING AND FERLO, MARCH 2, 2009
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 2, 2009
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," in Department of Health,
providing for Alzheimer's disease programs.
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 2126. Alzheimer's Disease Programs.--(a) The
Department of Health shall have the power, and its duty shall
be:
(1) To develop a program to provide respite service programs
to persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease or related
disorders of aging.
(2) To administer the programs, contract with other public
or private organizations or make grants to provide services
under this section for respite and related services which may
include:
(i) diagnostic and evaluation programs;
(ii) day-care centers;
(iii) temporary care in nursing or boarding homes or other
institutions; or
(iv) in-home visiting or temporary nursing services.
(3) To develop rules and regulations to standardize the
necessary qualifications of respite service programs for
assistance, determine the eligibility of families or individuals
for assistance and develop a system of evaluation and review of
all programs.
(b) No grant, contract or other funding shall be allocated
or distributed until the Department of Health has received
verification of the existence of private funds committed to the
program or service for which the funds are to be allocated. No
allocation shall exceed the amount of private funding available.
(c) As used in this section, the term "respite service
program" means a program to assist individuals or families who
are providing primary care for an individual with Alzheimer's
disease or a related disorder of aging by providing temporary
care and assistance to the patient, individual or family.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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