PRINTER'S NO. 4093
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2667
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY McCLINTON, BULLOCK, SCHLOSSBERG, SIMS, FRANKEL,
DAVIS, CEPHAS, J. HARRIS, SOLOMON, RABB, DAWKINS, DAVIDSON,
DONATUCCI, MURT, TAI, FITZGERALD, DEAN, DALEY AND ROEBUCK,
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in safe community reentry, further
providing for Safe Community Reentry Program and for contract
for services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 4903(b) and 4904(a) of Title 61 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended by adding
paragraphs to read:
§ 4903. Safe Community Reentry Program.
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(b) Assessment and plan.--
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(4) The department or the board shall counsel and assist
in the completion of applications for public benefit programs
for which each offender may be eligible following release
from incarceration. Counseling shall include the following
public benefit programs:
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(i) Medical assistance.
(ii) Medicaid for former foster care youth.
(iii) Medical assistance for workers with
disabilities.
(iv) Medicare savings.
(v) Children's Health Insurance Program.
(vi) Health insurance marketplace.
(vii) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
(viii) Cash assistance.
(ix) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
(x) Long-term living services, home and community-
based.
(xi) Long-term living services, nursing home and
related facilities.
(xii) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
(xiii) Free or reduced price school meals.
(xiv) Child Care Works.
(xv) Head Start.
(xvi) Women, Infants and Children.
(xvii) Other Federal or State programs selected by
the department or board.
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§ 4904. Contract for services.
(a) Authority.--The department and the board may contract
with community organizations and other nonprofit or for-profit
entities to provide programs and services under this chapter.
The programs and services provided under these contracts may
include:
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(16) Assisting offenders in applying for and obtaining
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access to public benefit programs upon release from
incarceration.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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