Section 1926-B. Department of Health.
The following apply to appropriations for the Department of Health:
(1) From money appropriated for general government operations, sufficient money is included for the coordination of donated dental services.
(2) From money appropriated for primary health care practitioner, the following apply:
(i) No less than $3,451,000 shall be used for Primary Care Loan Repayment Grant Awards.
(ii) No less than $1,500,000 shall be used for the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Residency Expansion Program.
(iii) No less than $1,300,000 shall be used for the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Physician Recruitment and Retention Programs.
(iv) Grantees other than as provided under subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) that received amounts in the 2022-2023 fiscal year shall receive the amount each grantee received in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
(3) Money appropriated for services for children with special needs shall be distributed to grantees in the same proportion as distributed in fiscal year 2019-2020.
(4) From money appropriated for adult cystic fibrosis and other chronic respiratory illnesses, the following apply:
(i) $212,000 shall be used for a program promoting cystic fibrosis and other chronic respiratory illnesses awareness in a county of the second class.
(ii) $106,000 shall be used for research related to childhood cystic fibrosis in a city of the first class with a hospital that is nationally accredited as a cystic fibrosis treatment center and specializes in the treatment of children.
(iii) Any money not used under subparagraph (i) or (ii) shall be distributed to grantees in the same proportion as distributed in fiscal year 2019-2020.
(5) Money appropriated for diagnosis and treatment for Cooley's anemia shall be distributed to grantees in the same proportion as distributed in fiscal year 2019-2020.
(6) Money appropriated for hemophilia services shall be distributed to grantees in the same proportion as distributed in fiscal year 2019-2020.
(7) Money appropriated for lupus programs shall be distributed proportionately to each entity that received funding in fiscal year 2018-2019.
(8) From money appropriated for sickle cell anemia services, including camps for children with sickle cell anemia, the following shall apply:
(i) Grantees which received amounts in fiscal year 2019-2020 shall receive an amount which is in the same proportion as distributed in fiscal year 2019-2020.
(ii) $75,000 shall be distributed to a qualifying academic medical center located in a county of the third class with a population between 280,000 and 300,000 under the most recent Federal decennial census for expanded care of adult sickle cell disease.
(9) Money appropriated for Lyme disease includes $1,200,000 for costs related to free tick testing for residents, including outreach and marketing, and $1,000,000 for tick mitigation, both performed in conjunction with a university that is part of the State System of Higher Education.
(10) The appropriation for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Support Services includes the following:
(i) 69.8% of the appropriation shall be distributed to an organization that provides specialized care services in 36 counties; and
(ii) 30.2% of the appropriation shall be distributed to an organization that provides specialized care services in 31 counties.
(11) Money appropriated for neurodegenerative disease research shall be used for grants to academic clinical medical centers conducting neurodegenerative disease research in this Commonwealth.
(1926-B added July 12, 2026, P.L.265, No.21)