PRINTER'S NO. 864
No. 805 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MURRAY, CIANFRANI, NOLAN, GURZENDA, McKINNEY,
MELLOW, ARLENE, HANKINS, MESSINGER, SCANLON, ROMANELLI,
LYNCH, SMITH, DUFFIELD, SCHAEFER AND SWEENEY, APRIL 27, 1977
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, APRIL 27, 1977
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 for
4 eligibility for and amount of State blind pensions.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Clause (3) of section 506 and section 507, act of
8 June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Public Welfare
9 Code," amended December 26, 1974 (P.L.991, No.324), are amended
10 to read:
11 Section 506. Eligibility.--The department shall provide a
12 State blind pension to any blind person who:
13 * * *
14 (3) Has actual annual income of his own of less than [three
15 thousand six hundred dollars ($3600)] four thousand two hundred
16 dollars ($4200);
17 * * *
18 Section 507. Amount of Pension.--Except as provided for
1 payment for nursing home care, the amount paid after the
2 effective date of this act to an eligible blind person having
3 actual annual income of his own of [two thousand five hundred
4 eighty dollars ($2580)] three thousand sixty dollars ($3060) or
5 less shall be [eighty-five dollars ($85)] ninety-five dollars
6 ($95) monthly, and the monthly amount paid to any other eligible
7 blind person shall be fixed in such amount that the sum of his
8 actual annual income and State blind pension equals [three
9 thousand six hundred dollars ($3600)] four thousand two hundred
10 dollars ($4,200) a year.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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