PRINTER'S NO. 300
No. 289 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY KOSINSKI, TIGUE, HARPER, VAN HORNE, JAROLIN,
KRUSZEWSKI, STABACK, DeLUCA, WILLIAMS, STEELMAN, COLAIZZO,
PESCI, JAMES, McGEEHAN, PETRARCA, LAUGHLIN, PISTELLA,
FREEMAN, RICHARDSON, TRELLO, BELARDI, VEON, OLASZ, WOGAN,
KENNEY, HERMAN, BARLEY, M. N. WRIGHT, CORNELL, E. Z. TAYLOR
AND J. TAYLOR, FEBRUARY 5, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, FEBRUARY 5, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 4, 1983 (P.L.217, No.63), entitled
2 "An act establishing a program of limited pharmaceutical
3 assistance for the elderly; granting powers to and imposing
4 duties on the Department of Aging; establishing a payment
5 system; making provisions for funding; providing for reports;
6 and fixing penalties for violations of the pharmaceutical
7 assistance program," excluding prescription costs from
8 income.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The definition of "income" in section 3 of the
12 act of November 4, 1983 (P.L.217, No.63), known as the
13 Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Act, is
14 amended to read:
15 Section 3. Definitions.
16 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
17 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
18 context clearly indicates otherwise:
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1 "Income." All income from whatever source derived, including
2 but not limited to salaries, wages, bonuses, commissions, income
3 from self-employment, alimony, support money, cash public
4 assistance and relief, the gross amount of any pensions or
5 annuities including railroad retirement benefits, all benefits
6 received under the Federal Social Security Act (except Medicare
7 benefits), all benefits received under State unemployment
8 insurance laws and veterans' disability payments, all interest
9 received from the Federal Government or any state government, or
10 any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, realized
11 capital gains, rentals, workmen's compensation and the gross
12 amount of loss of time insurance benefits, life insurance
13 benefits and proceeds, except the first $5,000 of the total of
14 death benefits payments, and gifts of cash or property, other
15 than transfers by gift between members of a household, in excess
16 of a total value of $300, but shall not include surplus food or
17 other relief in kind supplied by a government agency or property
18 tax rebate. All costs of prescription medicine, including
19 copayments, shall be deducted from income.
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21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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