PRINTER'S NO. 498
No. 430 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CAPPELLI, BAKER, BOYD, COX, DALEY, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GEIST, GIBBONS, HARHART, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS,
M. KELLER, KOTIK, LEACH, MANN, MILLARD, PHILLIPS, PYLE,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, WATSON AND
YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 26, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
FEBRUARY 26, 2007
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, in
4 public assistance, for definitions and for regulations as to
5 employment, work-related activities and training; and
6 providing for abrogation of a regulation.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 402 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
10 No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding a
11 definition to read:
12 Section 402. Definitions.--As used in this article, unless
13 the content clearly indicates otherwise:
14 * * *
15 "Educational activity" means participation in any post-
16 secondary education program.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. Section 405 of the act, amended May 16, 1996
1 (P.L.175, No.35), is amended to read:
2 Section 405. Regulations as to Employment, Work-Related
3 Activities, and Training.--(a) The department shall establish
4 rules, regulations and standards for administration of the
5 requirements for employment or work-related or educational
6 activities and training for employable recipients of assistance.
7 The conditions applicable to work performed by employable
8 recipients of general assistance shall be the same as those
9 pertaining to recipients of assistance for which Federal
10 financial participation is available to the Commonwealth, except
11 that if Federal law limits the applicability of these conditions
12 to recipients for whom Federal financial participation is
13 available, the conditions pertaining to recipients of general
14 assistance shall remain applicable.
15 (b) Adult family members shall be required to participate at
16 least twenty hours per week in employment or work-related or
17 educational activities or training to be eligible for assistance
18 for subsidized child day care.
19 Section 3. The regulations at 55 Pa. Code Ch. 3041 (relating
20 to subsidized child day care) are hereby abrogated to the extent
21 of any inconsistency with this act.
22 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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