SB 161 — An Act making appropriations from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted receipts accounts within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in support of the professional licensure boards assigned thereto.

PRINTER'S NO.    530

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 161
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, APRIL 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 3, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Making appropriations from the Professional Licensure
 2      Augmentation Account and from restricted receipts accounts
 3      within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by
 4      the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in
 5      support of the professional licensure boards assigned
 6      thereto.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    The sum of $72,812,000, or as much thereof as may
10   be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Professional
11   Licensure Augmentation Account within the General Fund to the
12   Department of State for the operation of the Bureau of
13   Professional and Occupational Affairs for the fiscal year July
14   1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
15      Section 2.    (a)   The sum of $11,025,000, or as much thereof
16   as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted
17   receipts account of the State Board of Medicine for the
18   operation of the board for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June
19   30, 2026.
20      (b)   The sum of $3,204,000, or as much thereof as may be
 1   necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted receipts
 2   account of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine for the
 3   operation of the board for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June
 4   30, 2026.
 5      (c)   The sum of $454,000, or as much thereof as may be
 6   necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted receipts
 7   account of the State Board of Podiatry for the operation of the
 8   board for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
 9      (d)   The sum of $997,000, or as much thereof as may be
10   necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Athletic Commission
11   Augmentation Account for the State Athletic Commission, as
12   authorized by 5 Pa.C.S. § 1512 (relating to Athletic Commission
13   Augmentation Account), for the support and operation of the
14   commission for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
15      (e)   Each appropriation listed in subsections (a), (b), (c)
16   and (d) shall not be treated as an augmentation to the
17   Department of State, a general government appropriation or any
18   other appropriation, but shall be treated and accounted for as
19   separate appropriations respectively.
20      Section 3.   This act shall take effect July 1, 2025, or
21   immediately, whichever is later.




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