Bill Text: PA SB1437 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In general budget implementation, further providing for the Department of Aging.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-07-03 - Referred to AGING AND YOUTH [SB1437 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1437-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2146
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1437 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, WAUGH, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, D. WHITE, BOSCOLA, VOGEL AND ORIE, JULY 3, 2010
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, JULY 3, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for the Department of Aging.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1717-E of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 17, 2007
(P.L.141, No.42), is amended to read:
Section 1717-E. Department of Aging [(Reserved)].
(a) Limitation.--For fiscal year 2010-2011, the Department
of Aging shall not apply for inclusion in any national
multistate purchasing program for pharmaceuticals or take any
other action to join a national multistate purchasing program
unless the General Assembly amends the act of August 26, 1971
(P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, to authorize
such application.
(b) Drug manufacturer rebates and discounts.--For fiscal
year 2010-2011, the Department of Aging shall maximize the
collection of revenue associated with enhanced drug manufacturer
rebates and manufacturer discounts for Medicare Part D
beneficiaries as provided for under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119) and the
Health Care Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law
111-152, 124 Stat. 1029). Funds collected under the provisions
of these acts shall remain in the Pharmaceutical Assistance
Contract for the Elderly program. The Department of Aging shall
not capture, nor attempt to capture, any funds associated with
the one-time $250 rebate to certain Medicare Part D
beneficiaries as provided under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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