Bill Information

An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, providing for use of medical expenses to establish medical assistance eligibility, for lifetime limit on unpaid medical expenses, for penalty period for asset transfer, for community spouse income and for treatment of life estates and annuities; further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care, for other medical assistance payments, for reimbursement for certain items and services and for relatives' responsibility; providing for medical assistance benefit packages, for coverage, copayments and premiums, for payment for prescription and over-the-counter medications and for eligibility limitations; further providing for restrictions on provider charges and payments and for third-party liability; and providing for data matching, for special needs trusts, for a health insurance premium payment program and for parity in insurance coverage for State-owned psychiatric hospitals.