PRINTER'S NO. 2494
No. 1936 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BOYES, MAINE, WESTON, ANGSTADT, D. W. SNYDER,
ITKIN, HAYES, TANGRETTI, VEON, CESSAR, KASUNIC, HOWLETT,
STABACK, BELARDI, McVERRY, COLAIZZO, SCHULER, NOYE,
CAPPABIANCA, LAUGHLIN, PESCI, LASHINGER, PHILLIPS, TELEK,
SEMMEL, SERAFINI, GRUPPO, RAYMOND, BELFANTI, J. L. WRIGHT,
GODSHALL, FOX, HARPER, GIGLIOTTI, G. SNYDER, BILLOW, WOGAN,
MELIO, COWELL, DIETTERICK, OLASZ, HESS, VROON, MAIALE,
LANGTRY, DeLUCA, STAIRS, NAHILL, J. TAYLOR, HASAY, COHEN,
MARSICO, KUKOVICH, TRICH, MRKONIC, PERZEL, RYBAK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GANNON, BUSH, TRELLO, BUNT, BLAUM,
BURD, ALLEN, WILLIAMS, SCRIMENTI AND CARLSON, OCTOBER 3, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, OCTOBER 3, 1989
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," further providing for
4 eligibility for and amount of State blind pensions.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 507 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
8 No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, amended April 6, 1980
9 (P.L.99, No.37), is amended to read:
10 Section 507. Amount of Pension.--Except as provided for
11 payment for nursing home care, the amount paid after the
12 effective date of this act to an eligible blind person having
13 actual annual income of his own of three thousand sixty dollars
14 ($3,060) or less shall be [one hundred dollars ($100)] one
1 hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) monthly[, and the monthly
2 amount paid to any other eligible blind person shall be fixed in
3 such amount that the sum of his actual annual income and State
4 blind pension equals four thousand two hundred sixty dollars
5 ($4,260) a year].
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1990.
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