PRINTER'S NO. 1768

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1322

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY KAUFER, KNOWLES, ROZZI, McGINNIS, CUTLER, BAKER,

BLOOM, ENGLISH, MILLARD, KAUFFMAN, TOOHIL, DIAMOND, TOEPEL,

ACOSTA, PICKETT, MURT, ZIMMERMAN, HICKERNELL, WARD, GROVE,

act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public

welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,

further providing for identification and proof of residence.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 432.4 of the act of June 13, 1967

(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, amended June

16, 1994 (P.L.319, No.49) and May 16, 1996 (P.L.175, No.35), is

amended to read:

Section 432.4. Identification and Proof of Residence.--(a)

include, but is not limited to the production of rent receipts,

mortgage payment receipts, utility receipts, bank accounts or

enrollment of children in local schools. General assistance

applicants must establish that they have been residents of the

Commonwealth for at least twelve months immediately preceding

their application[.] and they are not receiving assistance from

any other state. General assistance applicants shall disclose,

in their application, all states in which they have resided in

the last five years and in which they have collected a form of

public assistance. The provisions of this subsection shall not

information that the applicant has collected a form of public

assistance in another state, the Commonwealth shall notify the

other state of the change in residency of the applicant.

(b) For the purpose of determining eligibility for

assistance, the continued absence of a recipient from the

Commonwealth for a period of thirty days or longer shall be

prima facie evidence of the intent of the recipient to have

changed his residence to a place outside the Commonwealth.

(c) If a recipient is prevented by illness or other good

cause from returning to the Commonwealth at the end of thirty

for a period in excess of thirty days, his aid shall thereafter

be suspended whenever need cannot be determined for the ensuing

period of his absence.

(e) Beginning no later than September 1, 1994, the

department shall collect information on all general assistance

applicants to determine how long they have been residents of

this Commonwealth. The department shall report its findings to

the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 31,

1995. Based on its findings, the department may make

recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on