PRINTER'S NO. 2880
No. 234 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, OLIVER, BELARDI, PESCI, CARLSON,
STABACK, J. TAYLOR, KONDRICH, BUNT, JOHNSON, MICOZZIE,
MORRIS, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, FOX, LINTON, KASUNIC, CARN,
NAHILL, DEMPSEY, WOGAN, DISTLER, CORNELL, E. Z. TAYLOR,
ROBBINS, ALLEN, CLYMER, MAIALE, HOWLETT, JACKSON, GIGLIOTTI,
LASHINGER, DIETTERICK, HECKLER, FAIRCHILD, HERMAN, FARMER,
J. L. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, CESSAR, VROON, STISH, TRICH, BELFANTI,
BURD AND VEON, DECEMBER 6, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, DECEMBER 6, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Secretary of Public Welfare to make changes in
2 regulations to permit Medical Assistance nursing home
3 patients to retain lottery rent rebates.
4 WHEREAS, Department of Public Welfare regulations promulgated
5 in November of 1988 changed the income provisions under the
6 Medical Assistance program; and
7 WHEREAS, Those changes have had the unintended result of
8 forcing nursing home residents to give up the rent rebate
9 benefits received from the State lottery to offset the
10 Department of Public Welfare's payment for nursing home care;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Medical Assistance nursing home patients relied on
13 receiving this money to help them meet their personal needs; and
14 WHEREAS, For many Medical Assistance nursing home patients,
15 their rent rebate was the only way they could maintain their
1 dignity and self-respect; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the General Assembly request that the
3 Secretary of Public Welfare change the regulations to categorize
4 rent rebates as items that are not income under 55 Pa. Code §
5 181.81 (relating to items that are not income) to exclude the
6 rent rebate moneys from consideration when patient cost of care
7 for nursing home residents is calculated; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
9 John F. White, Jr., Secretary of Public Welfare of the
10 Commonwealth.
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