PRINTER'S NO. 2065
No. 1705 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY CIMINI, MORRIS, McCLATCHY, REED, PYLES AND GOEBEL,
OCTOBER 3, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, OCTOBER 3, 1977
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 that persons who
4 voluntarily quit their employment are not eligible for public
5 assistance.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 408, act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
9 No.21), known as the "Public Welfare Code," is amended to read:
10 Section 408. Meeting Special Needs; Encouraging Self-Support
11 and Employment.--(a) The department shall have the duty to take
12 measures not inconsistent with the purposes of this article; and
13 when other funds or facilities for such purposes are inadequate
14 or unavailable to provide for special needs of individuals
15 eligible for assistance; to relieve suffering and distress
16 arising from handicaps and infirmities; to promote their
17 rehabilitation; to help them if possible to become self-
18 dependent; and, to cooperate to the fullest extent with other
19 public agencies empowered by law to provide vocational training,
1 rehabilitative or similar services.
2 (b) The department shall encourage employable recipients of
3 assistance to accept full or part-time employment by providing
4 that such recipients will again be granted assistance upon
5 involuntary termination of such employment if they are in need
6 thereof.
7 (c) A person who has voluntarily terminated his or her
8 employment shall not be eligible for public assistance during
9 the period of voluntary unemployment.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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