Bill Information

An Act amending the "Public Welfare Code," approved June 13, 1967 (P. L. 31, No. 21), further providing for the expedited implementation of regulations governing Federally subsidized programs; expanding the investigative powers of the department; changing and restricting the qualifications for recipients of general welfare payments, aid for dependent children; medical assistance and other forms of payments; redefining needy persons; providing for public work service projects; changing hearing procedures; further providing for eligibility for certain assistance payments; providing penalties and increasing certain fines; providing for the privacy of certain Federal assistance; and authorizing the use of certain records.