PRINTER'S NO. 932
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 935
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, MARCH 16, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 16, 2021
AN ACT
1 To provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses
2 of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
3 Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the
4 fiscal year July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, and for the
5 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close
6 of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; to provide
7 appropriations from special funds and accounts to the
8 Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July
9 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, and for the payment of bills
10 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
11 30, 2021; and to provide for the appropriation of Federal
12 funds to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the
13 fiscal year July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, and for the
14 payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal
15 year ending June 30, 2021.
16 TABLE OF CONTENTS
17 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
18 Section 101. Short title.
19 Section 102. Definitions.
20 Section 103. Abbreviations.
21 Section 104. State appropriations.
22 Section 105. Federal appropriations.
23 PART II. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
24 FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR
25 SUBPART A. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
 1 Section 201. Governor.
2 Section 202. Executive Offices.
3 Section 203. Lieutenant Governor.
4 Section 204. Attorney General.
5 Section 205. Auditor General.
6 Section 206. Treasury Department.
7 Section 207. Department of Aging.
8 Section 208. Department of Agriculture.
9 Section 209. Department of Community and Economic Development.
10 Section 210. (Reserved).
11 Section 211. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
12 Section 212. Department of Criminal Justice.
13 Section 213. (Reserved).
14 Section 214. Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.
15 Section 215. Department of Education.
16 Section 216. State System of Higher Education.
17 Section 217. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.
18 Section 218. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
19 Section 219. Department of Environmental Protection.
20 Section 220. Department of General Services.
21 Section 221. Department of Health.
22 Section 222. Department of Human Services.
23 Section 223. Insurance Department.
24 Section 224. Department of Labor and Industry.
25 Section 225. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
26 Section 226. Department of Revenue.
27 Section 227. Department of State.
28 Section 228. Department of Transportation.
29 Section 229. Pennsylvania State Police.
30 Section 230. (Reserved).
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 1 Section 231. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
2 Section 232. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
3 Section 233. Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.
4 Section 234. Environmental Hearing Board.
5 Section 235. (Reserved).
6 Section 236. Health Care Cost Containment Council.
7 Section 237. State Ethics Commission.
8 SUBPART B. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
9 Section 241. Supreme Court.
10 Section 242. Superior Court.
11 Section 243. Commonwealth Court.
12 Section 244. Courts of common pleas.
13 Section 245. Community courts - magisterial district judges.
14 Section 246. (Reserved).
15 Section 247. Philadelphia Municipal Court.
16 Section 248. Judicial Conduct Board.
17 Section 249. Court of Judicial Discipline.
18 Section 250. Juror cost reimbursement.
19 Section 251. County court reimbursement.
20 SUBPART C. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
21 Section 261. Senate.
22 Section 262. House of Representatives.
23 SUBPART D. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AGENCIES
24 Section 271. Legislative Reference Bureau.
25 Section 272. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
26 Section 273. Legislative Data Processing Committee.
27 Section 274. Joint State Government Commission.
28 Section 275. Local Government Commission.
29 Section 276. (Reserved).
30 Section 277. Legislative Audit Advisory Commission.
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 1 Section 278. Independent Regulatory Review Commission.
2 Section 279. Capitol Preservation Committee.
3 Section 280. Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.
4 Section 281. Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
5 Section 282. Commonwealth Mail Processing Center.
6 Section 283. Legislative Reapportionment Commission.
7 Section 284. Independent Fiscal Office.
8 PART III. STATE LOTTERY FUND APPROPRIATIONS
9 Section 301. Department of Aging.
10 Section 302. Department of Human Services.
11 PART IV. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS
12 Section 401. Department of Community and Economic Development.
13 Section 402. Department of Human Services.
14 PART V. JUDICIAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AUGMENTATION ACCOUNT
15 APPROPRIATIONS
16 Section 501. Supreme Court.
17 PART VI. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATING FUND
18 APPROPRIATIONS
19 Section 601. Department of Health.
20 PART VII. STATE STORES FUND APPROPRIATIONS
21 Section 701. Pennsylvania State Police.
22 PART VIII. MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
23 SUBPART A. MOTOR LICENSE FUND
24 Section 801. Department of Transportation.
25 Section 802. (Reserved).
26 Section 803. Treasury Department.
27 Section 804. Department of Agriculture.
28 Section 805. Department of Community and Economic Development.
29 Section 806. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
30 Section 807. Department of Education.
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 1 Section 808. (Reserved).
2 Section 809. Department of General Services.
3 Section 810. Department of Revenue.
4 Section 811. Pennsylvania State Police.
5 SUBPART B. AVIATION RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
6 Section 821. Department of Transportation.
7 PART IX. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE FUND
8 APPROPRIATIONS
9 Section 901. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
10 PART X. MILK MARKETING FUND APPROPRIATIONS
11 Section 1001. Milk Marketing Board.
12 PART XI. HOME INVESTMENT TRUST FUND APPROPRIATIONS
13 Section 1101. Department of Community and Economic Development.
14 PART XII. TUITION ACCOUNT GUARANTEED
15 SAVINGS PROGRAM FUND APPROPRIATIONS
16 Section 1201. Treasury Department.
17 PART XIII. BANKING FUND APPROPRIATIONS
18 Section 1301. Department of Banking and Securities.
19 PART XIV. FIREARM RECORDS CHECK FUND APPROPRIATIONS
20 Section 1401. Pennsylvania State Police.
21 PART XV. BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
22 AUTHORITY FUND APPROPRIATIONS
23 Section 1501. Department of Community and Economic Development.
24 PART XVI. OIL AND GAS LEASE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
25 Section 1601. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
26 PART XVII. HOME IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS
27 Section 1701. Attorney General.
28 PART XVIII. CIGARETTE FIRE SAFETY AND FIREFIGHTER
29 PROTECTION ACT ENFORCEMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS
30 Section 1801. Attorney General.
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 1 PART XIX. INSURANCE REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT
2 FUND APPROPRIATIONS
3 Section 1901. Insurance Department.
4 PART XX. PENNSYLVANIA RACE HORSE DEVELOPMENT
5 RESTRICTED RECEIPTS ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS
6 Section 2001. Department of Agriculture.
7 PART XXI. JUSTICE REINVESTMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS
8 Section 2101. Executive Offices.
9 PART XXII. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND APPROPRIATIONS
10 Section 2201. Department of Transportation.
11 PART XXIII. STATE RACING FUND APPROPRIATIONS
12 Section 2301. Department of Agriculture.
13 Section 2302. Department of Revenue.
14 PART XXIV. ABLE SAVINGS PROGRAM FUND APPROPRIATIONS
15 Section 2401. Treasury Department.
16 PART XXV. TOURISM PROMOTION FUND RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
17 APPROPRIATIONS
18 Section 2501. Department of Community and Economic Development.
19 PART XXVI. ENHANCED REVENUE COLLECTION ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS
20 Section 2601. Department of Revenue.
21 PART XXVII. COVID-19 RESPONSE RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
22 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR
23 Section 2701. Department of Criminal Justice.
24 Section 2702. Department of Health.
25 Section 2703. Department of Human Services.
26 Section 2704. Pennsylvania State Police.
27 PART LI. (Reserved).
28 PART LXI. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS
29 FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR
30 Section 6101. General Fund repository for Federal funds.
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 1 Section 6102. Limitation on encumbering or spending Federal
2 funds.
3 Section 6103. Appropriation of prior unspent Federal funds.
4 Section 6104. Subgrants between Federal appropriations.
5 Section 6105. Utilization of emergency Federal funds.
6 Section 6106. Transfer of funds from TANFBG to CCDFBG and SSBG.
7 PART LXXI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR
8 Section 7101. Prior laws unaffected.
9 Section 7102. Compliance with other law before funds available.
10 Section 7103. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or
11 committing funds.
12 Section 7104. Minority business set-asides.
13 Section 7105. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous
14 sources.
15 Section 7106. Lapsing of unused funds.
16 Section 7107. Appellate courts appropriation contingency.
17 Section 7108. Transfer of excess funds.
18 Section 7109. Transfers for government support agencies.
19 Section 7110. Transfers for Legislative Reapportionment
20 Commission.
21 Section 7111. Administration of Human Services Block Grant.
22 PART LXXXI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
23 Section 8101. Effective date.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 PART I
27 GENERAL PROVISIONS
28 Section 101. Short title.
29 This act shall be known and may be cited as the General
30 Appropriation Act of 2021.
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 1 Section 102. Definitions.
2 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
3 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
4 context clearly indicates otherwise:
5 "Current fiscal year." The fiscal year beginning July 1,
6 2021, and ending June 30, 2022.
7 "Employees." Includes all directors, superintendents, bureau
8 or division chiefs, assistant directors, assistant
9 superintendents, assistant chiefs, experts, scientists,
10 engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, accountants, secretaries,
11 auditors, inspectors, examiners, analysts, statisticians,
12 marshals, clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, messengers and
13 other assistants in a department, board or commission.
14 "Expenses" and "maintenance." Includes all printing, binding
15 and stationery, food and forage, materials and supplies,
16 traveling expenses, training, motor vehicle supplies and
17 repairs, freight, express and cartage, postage,
18 telecommunication devices and telecommunication rentals and toll
19 charges, newspaper advertising and notices, public advertising
20 by or through any medium, fuel, light, heat, power and water,
21 minor construction and renovation, repairs or reconstruction of
22 equipment, buildings and facilities, rent of real estate and
23 equipment, premiums on workers' compensation, insurance premiums
24 on policies of liability insurance, insurance premiums on
25 medical payment insurance and surety bonds for volunteer
26 workers, premiums on employee group life insurance and employee
27 and retired employee group hospital and medical insurance,
28 payment of Commonwealth share of Social Security taxes and
29 unemployment compensation costs for State employees, the
30 purchase of replacement or additional equipment and machinery
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 1 and all other incidental costs and expenses, including payment
2 to the Department of General Services of mileage and other
3 charges for the use of motor vehicles and rental payments for
4 permanently assigned motor vehicles and of expenses or costs of
5 services incurred through the Purchasing Fund. The term
6 "expenses" also shall include the medical costs for the
7 treatment of inmates of State institutions when the inmate must
8 be transferred to an outside hospital, provided that in no case
9 shall the State institution pay more for patient care than that
10 provided under the State medical assistance program.
11 "Prior fiscal year." The fiscal year beginning July 1 of the
12 fiscal year immediately prior to the current fiscal year.
13 Section 103. Abbreviations.
14 The following abbreviations when used in this act shall have
15 the meanings given to them in this section unless the context
16 clearly indicates otherwise:
17 "AIDS." Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
18 "ARC." Appalachian Regional Commission.
19 "ARRA." American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
20 (Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat. 115).
21 "CCDFBG." Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant.
22 "CDBG." Community Development Block Grant.
23 "CHIP." Children's Health Insurance Program.
24 "COVID" or "COVID-19." Coronavirus disease 2019, also
25 referred to as 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease.
26 "CSBG." Community Services Block Grant.
27 "DOE." Department of Energy.
28 "EDA." Economic Development Administration.
29 "EEOC." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
30 "EMG." Emergency.
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 1 "EPA." Environmental Protection Agency.
2 "ESEA." Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
3 (Public Law 89-10, 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.).
4 "ESG." Emergency Solutions Grant.
5 "ESSER." Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief
6 Fund.
7 "FEMA." Federal Emergency Management Agency.
8 "FTA." Federal Transit Administration.
9 "HIV." Human immunodeficiency virus.
10 "HUD." Department of Housing and Urban Development.
11 "ICF." Intermediate care facilities.
12 "ID." Intellectual disabilities.
13 "LEA." Local Education Agency.
14 "LIHEABG." Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.
15 "LIHEAP." Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
16 "LSTA." Library Services and Technology Act (Public Law 104-
17 208, 20 U.S.C. § 9101 et seq.).
18 "MCH." Maternal and child health.
19 "MCHSBG." Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.
20 "MHSBG." Mental Health Services Block Grant.
21 "NSTIC." National Strategy for Trusted Identities in
22 Cyberspace.
23 "PHHSBG." Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.
24 "SABG." Substance Abuse Block Grant.
25 "SCDBG." Small Communities Development Block Grant.
26 "SEA." State Education Agency.
27 "SNAP." Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Project.
28 "SSBG." Social Services Block Grant.
29 "STEP." State Trade and Export Promotion.
30 "TANFBG." Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block
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 1 Grant.
2 "TB." Tuberculosis.
3 "TEA-21." Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
4 (Public Law 105-178, 112 Stat. 107).
5 "TEFAP." Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program.
6 "VA." Veterans' Administration.
7 "VOCA." Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473, 42
8 U.S.C. § 10601 et seq.).
9 "WIC." Women, Infants and Children Program.
10 "WIOA." Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law
11 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425).
12 Section 104. State appropriations.
13 (a) General Fund.--Except as provided in Part LI, the sums
14 specified in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary,
15 are specifically appropriated from the General Fund to agencies
16 of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
17 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
18 compensation and travel expenses of the duly