PRINTER'S NO. 624
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
591
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, D. COSTA, DeLUCA,
IRVIN, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MOUL, NEILSON, O'NEILL, RYAN,
SAYLOR AND WARD, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
further providing for prohibited use of public assistance
funds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 484 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended to read:
Section 484. Prohibited Use of Public Assistance Funds.--(a)
It shall be unlawful for any individual to [purchase liquor or
alcohol with a gift certificate or a gift card which is in the
form of] use an electronic benefits card issued to convey public
assistance benefits administered by the Department of [Public
Welfare] Human Services or a debit card issued to convey support
payment moneys[.] to:
(1) purchase liquor or alcohol; or
(2) deposit funds into an inmate account authorized,
administered or maintained by the Department of Corrections or a
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county correctional institution.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the Department of Corrections
or a county correctional institution, or any licensee thereof,
to allow for the withdrawal of public assistance funds on the
premises of a correctional institution or, through a point-of-
sale transaction, to allow public assistance benefits to be
deposited in violation of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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