Bill Text: PA HR177 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study county human services program mandate relief.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 27-6)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-20 - Adopted (199-0) [HR177 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR177-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1392
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 177 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY HELM, PASHINSKI, DiGIROLAMO, COHEN, CLYMER, BAKER, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CUTLER, GEIST, GRELL, GROVE, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, KAVULICH, M. K. KELLER, MILLARD, MILLER, OBERLANDER, PEIFER, PICKETT, ROAE, ROCK, K. SMITH, SONNEY, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, APRIL 5, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 5, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Requesting the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study
county human services program mandate relief.
WHEREAS, County human services agencies require cost
containment and mandate relief options; and
WHEREAS, With limited funding options for unfunded or
underfunded costs of federally mandated or State-mandated human
service functions, counties face cutbacks, service disruptions
and shifting property tax rates; and
WHEREAS, County agencies require greater flexibility in
fulfilling their human services obligations; and
WHEREAS, These obligations include, but are not limited to,
voter registration assistance, school monitoring in certain
truancy and dependency cases and nursing home reporting as
required by the Department of Health, the Department of Aging,
the Pennsylvania State Police and area agencies on aging;
therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
be requested to study county human services program mandate
relief; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review of relevant required human services
functions include the utility of Child Welfare Needs-Based Plan
and Budget reporting costs in determining county funding levels;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review of relevant human services
functions include development of consolidated State auditing
functions where possible; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review of relevant human services
functions consider compliance reporting form standardization;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review of relevant human services
administrative processes highlight burdensome processes which
may interfere with service delivery or increase costs while
conferring no benefit program recipients; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review identify overly prescriptive human
services administrative requirements or those requirements which
have evolved without statutory or regulatory basis; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the review include cost-benefit analysis of
compliance to the completion, review and approval of forms
associated with the Office of Children, Youth and Families
Bulletin No. 3170 relating to out-of-home placement services-
contract documentation since these increase costs for providers
and counties, subsequently reducing the amount of available
funding for services; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review determine costs of Federal and
State reporting by county nursing homes in cases of alleged
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abuse, neglect or misappropriation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review identify potential cost savings of
standardizing the reporting of cases of alleged abuse, neglect
or misappropriation by county nursing homes; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the review highlight savings through
consolidation or repeal of required human services functions,
including income and expense reporting and implementation of
cross-systems planning; and be it further
RESOLVED, That, in its review, the committee consult with
county commissioners, county program administrators, service
providers, recipients, advocates and other stakeholders; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the committee develop specific recommendations
for mandate waivers or alterations; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the committee report its findings to the House
of Representatives within one year of the adoption of this
resolution.
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