An Act providing for the study of intergenerational poverty; establishing the Intergenerational Poverty Tracking System, the Interagency Workgroup on Poverty and Economic Insecurity and the Pennsylvania Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security; providing for a strategic plan and for reports; and imposing duties on the Department of Human Services and the Secretary of the Budget.

SB 152 establishes Pennsylvania's Intergenerational Poverty Tracking System to monitor poverty trends across generations, requiring the Department of Human Services to collect data on factors like child poverty rates, economic instability, and access to healthcare. It creates an Interagency Workgroup and a Pennsylvania Commission on Poverty Elimination to develop a strategic plan and produce annual reports analyzing poverty drivers. The bill mandates the state to measure poverty using broader metrics beyond income - such as food insecurity, digital access, and regional cost-of-living differences - rather than solely relying on federal poverty thresholds. These entities and reports will directly affect state agencies, including the Department of Human Services and the Secretary of the Budget, by imposing duties to track and address poverty patterns.