Section 1402-B. Establishment of Human Services Block Grant Program.
The following shall apply to the Human Services Block Grant Program:
(1) The Human Services Block Grant Program is established for the purpose of allocating block grant funds to county governments to provide locally identified county-based human services that will meet the service needs of county residents. A county's request to participate in the block grant shall be on a form and contain such information as the department may prescribe. The application to the department shall be adopted by a majority vote of the governing body and transmitted to the department accompanied by the signature of the chair of the board of commissioners and attested by the chief clerk of the county or, in the case of a home rule county, by the equivalent consistent with the provisions of the county charter.
(2) The department may approve a county's request based on the county's plan to provide human services and integrate its human service programs. The department shall consider such factors as:
(i) ((i) deleted by amendment).
(ii) ((ii) deleted by amendment).
(iii) ((iii) deleted by amendment).
(iv) ((iv) deleted by amendment).
(v) ((v) deleted by amendment).
(vi) ((vi) deleted by amendment).
(vii) Whether the county is part of a local collaborative arrangement.
(viii) The county's human services administrative structure.
(ix) The county's history of human services fiscal management.
(x) The county's history of compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements regarding the operation of its human services programs.
(3) A county's participation in the block grant is voluntary.
(1402-B amended Nov. 4, 2016, P.L.1172, No.153)
Compiler's Note: Section 1402-B was added by Act 80 of 2012. Act 80 of 2012 was declared unconstitutional on July 18, 2018, by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Washington v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare, 188 A.3d 1135 (Pa. 2018). In footnote 20 of its decision, the Supreme Court determined that Article XIV-B had been reenacted by Act 153 of 2016 and that its decision did not affect the validity of that reenactment.
Compiler's Note: See the preamble to Act 55 of 2013 in the appendix to this act for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.