PRINTER'S NO. 3667
No. 2772 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, WILLIAMS, JOSEPHS AND BISHOP, MAY 20, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MAY 20, 1992
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," providing for certain
4 additional public assistance eligibility requirements
5 relating to employment and job training.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
9 as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding a section to
10 read:
11 Section 432.22. Additional Employment and Job Training
12 Requirements.--(a) Any transitionally needy person who claims
13 to be undergoing treatment for substance abuse shall be eligible
14 for assistance for the nine-month period following the initial
15 three-month period of assistance, only if the person meets all
16 of the following:
17 (1) Has been determined to be a substance abuser.
18 (2) Is officially registered with a substance abuse
19 treatment service licensed by the Department of Health.
1 (3) Is actively engaged in meaningful employment or is
2 enrolled in a job training program.
3 (4) Attends the drug treatment program sessions on a regular
4 basis.
5 (b) (1) In meeting the requirements of subsection (a)(3),
6 the department shall coordinate with the Department of Labor and
7 Industry to develop guidelines, standards and criteria relating
8 to meaningful work and job training, subject to clauses (2) and
9 (3).
10 (2) For the purpose of this section, meaningful work shall
11 include:
12 (i) Any full or part-time employment with a private
13 employer, as certified by the Department of Labor and Industry.
14 (ii) Any full or part-time employment with any public
15 agency, quasi-public agency or a community-based agency, engaged
16 in community development or other services to benefit the
17 community or the general public. This employment shall be
18 certified by the municipality or by the State agency which funds
19 or which otherwise retains any coordinating or supervisory
20 authority over the employing agency.
21 (3) For the purpose of this section, job training shall
22 include training with any public or private entity or agency, as
23 approved by the Department of Education, the Department of Labor
24 and Industry or other appropriate State agency.
25 (c) Nothing in this section shall affect eligibility for
26 medical assistance.
27 (d) The provision of this section shall be incorporated into
28 all contracts which the Commonwealth may enter into with any
29 public or private agency operating a substance abuse treatment
30 program.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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