PRINTER'S NO. 2424
No. 1936 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MAITLAND, E. Z. TAYLOR, CORRIGAN, MICOZZIE,
ARGALL, BAKER, BARRAR, BASTIAN, L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA,
DAILEY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, HARHAI, HASAY, HENNESSEY, HORSEY,
JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MASLAND, McCALL,
McILHATTAN, McILHINNEY, MELIO, MYERS, NICKOL, PIPPY,
PISTELLA, PLATTS, RAMOS, SATHER, SEYFERT, SHANER,
S. H. SMITH, STABACK, TRELLO, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI,
WRIGHT AND YUDICHAK, OCTOBER 12, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
OCTOBER 12, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," providing for increase to
4 State supplemental assistance for persons in personal care
5 homes; and further providing for rules and regulations for
6 personal care homes.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
10 as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding a section to
11 read:
12 Section 432.23. Increase to State Supplemental Assistance
13 for Persons in Personal Care Homes.--(a) Notwithstanding any
14 other provision of this act or regulations of the department to
15 the contrary, the amount of State supplemental assistance
16 payable to a person who is eligible under section 432(2)(i) and
1 who is a resident of a personal care home shall be increased by
2 an amount of fifteen dollars ($15) per day.
3 (b) The amount of State supplemental assistance payable
4 under subsection (a) shall be increased beginning July 1, 2000,
5 by an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index
6 for Urban Wage Earners for the immediately preceding calendar
7 year, which amount shall be published in the Pennsylvania
8 Bulletin annually by the department on or before the preceding
9 November 30.
10 Section 2. Section 1057.3(a)(6) of the act, added December
11 21, 1988 (P.L.1883, No.185), is amended to read:
12 Section 1057.3. Rules and Regulations for Personal Care
13 Home.--(a) The rules and regulations for the licensing of
14 personal care homes promulgated by the department shall require
15 that:
16 * * *
17 (6) For residents eligible for Supplemental Security Income
18 (SSI) benefits, actual rent and other charges not exceed the
19 resident's actual current monthly income reduced by a personal
20 needs allowance for the resident in an amount to be determined
21 by the department, but not less than [twenty-five dollars ($25)]
22 seventy-five dollars ($75).
23 * * *
24 Section 3. Any regulations or parts of regulations are
25 hereby abrogated to the extent of any inconsistency with this
26 act.
27 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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