PENNSYLVANIA, May 24 - associated with any of the following:

(1) Hospital employee programs and initiatives for the

eligible recipient, including specialized employee training

programs, employee counseling and resiliency programs,

employee retention initiatives, day-care programs and

enhanced COVID-19-related staffing and hazard pay programs.

(2) COVID-19-related costs and public health

infrastructure investments not covered by the Federal

Government, including costs incurred for COVID-19 vaccination

programs, public health infrastructure programs, COVID-19

vaccination outreach targeting underserved communities and

building improvements to provide appropriate care in a post-

COVID-19 pandemic environment.

(3) Programs to address behavioral health and postacute

capacity and barriers, including equipment and software to

implement telepsychiatry programs, community programs to

recruit, train or retain behavioral health care providers in

high-need areas, programs to support personal care home

capacity in communities experiencing discharge delays and

computerized bed management systems.

Section 5. Health Care Heroes and Public Health Preparedness

Account.

(a) Establishment.--The Health Care Heroes and Public Health

Preparedness Account is established as a restricted account in

the General Fund. From the amount received by the Commonwealth

from the Federal Government under the American Rescue Plan Act

of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 135 Stat. 4), $650,000,000 shall be

deposited into the account. Money in the account shall not lapse

or be transferred to any other account or fund.

(b) Appropriation.--All of the money in the account is

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