PRINTER'S NO. 1170
No. 1019 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY A. P. KELLY, HILL, BARBER, DiCARLO, REED, VANN,
LINCOLN, TOLL, OLIVER, JOHNSON, GIAMMARCO, USTYNOSKI, ROSS,
RUGGIERO, CIMINI, MYERS, HAMILTON, McLANE, WANSACZ, CESSAR,
FAWCETT, McCLATCHY, TADDONIO, MISCEVICH, BERLIN, CRAWFORD,
GRIECO, SALVATORE AND WAGNER, APRIL 15, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, APRIL 16, 1975
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. Clause (3) of section 506 and section 507, act of
8 June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Public Welfare
9 Code," amended December 26, 1974 (No.324), are amended to read:
10 Section 506. Eligibility.--The department shall provide a
11 State blind pension to any blind person who:
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13 (3) Has actual annual income of his own of less than [three
14 thousand six hundred dollars ($3600)] three thousand eight
15 hundred dollars ($3,800);
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17 Section 507. Amount of Pension.--Except as provided for
1 payment for nursing home care, the amount paid after the
2 effective date of this act to an eligible blind person having
3 actual annual income of his own of two thousand five hundred
4 eighty dollars ($2580) or less shall be [eighty-five dollars
5 ($85)] ninety dollars ($90) monthly, and the monthly amount paid
6 to any other eligible blind person shall be fixed in such amount
7 that the sum of his actual annual income and State blind pension
8 equals [three thousand six hundred dollars ($3600)] three
9 thousand eight hundred dollars ($3,800) a year.
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