Bill Information

An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, further providing for a performance evaluation of the Pennsylvania Community Work Program; providing for the New Directions Jobs Program and for employment and training programs for the transitionally needy and for referral to Pennsylvania Conservation Corps; establishing an exemption for education savings accounts; creating the Assistance Recipient Identification Program; further providing for eligibility for assistance; establishing a residency requirement and requiring residency data collection; further providing for determination of paternity and enforcement and for Federal benefits as the primary source of assistance; ensuring aid to families with dependent children eligibility for children; further providing for eligibility determinations for the medically needy; requiring prior authorization for home health services; further providing for medical assistance payments and for Medicaid fraud; providing for certain purchases of private insurance, for certain purchases of laboratory and medical supplies and mail order prescriptions, for maximization of Federal funds for children's nutrition and drug and alcohol treatment and for independent disability determinations; removing the limit on the Employment Fund for the Blind; further providing for employment incentive payments; and making repeals.