PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 893
PRINTER'S NO. 1297
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
931
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, MENTZER, MADDEN,
CIRESI, KRAJEWSKI, FREEMAN, STURLA, PARKER, D. WILLIAMS,
HOHENSTEIN, KINSEY, KAZEEM, HADDOCK, BOROWSKI, GUENST,
BURGOS, SCHWEYER AND ABNEY, APRIL 14, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 23, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 67 (Public Welfare) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in family finding and kinship care,
establishing the Legal Services for Kinship Care Families
Grant Program and the Legal Services for Kinship Care
Families Grant Program Account; and making a transfer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 7510. Legal Services for Kinship Care Families Grant Program.
(a) Establishment.--The Legal Services for Kinship Care
Families Grant Program is established within the department.
(b) Award of grants.--Subject to the availability of funds,
the department shall award grants to qualified legal services
entities to provide legal services to relative kinship
caregivers and kinship caregivers' families under the program.
(c) Eligibility for grants.--In order to receive a grant
under the program, a legal services entity shall meet all of the
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