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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1577

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1170 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, PUNT, RAFFERTY,
           WONDERLING, EARLL, FONTANA, COSTA, TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN,
           MELLOW, LOGAN, MUSTO, ARMSTRONG, FUMO, C. WILLIAMS, WOZNIAK
           AND ORIE, NOVEMBER 21, 2007

        REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, NOVEMBER 21, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled
     2     "An act providing for a State Lottery and administration
     3     thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery
     4     Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of
     5     funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes
     6     from State and local taxation and making an appropriation,"
     7     further providing for PACENET eligibility.

     8     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  hereby enacts as follows:
    10     Section 1.  Section 519(b) of the act of August 26, 1971
    11  (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, amended July
    12  7, 2006 (P.L.1061, No.111), is amended to read:
    13  Section 519.  The Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the
    14                 Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
    15     * * *
    16     (b)  PACENET eligibility.--[A]
    17         (1)  Subject to the annual adjustments under paragraph
    18     (2), a person with an annual income of not less than $14,500
    19     and not more than $23,500 in the case of a single person and


     1     of not less than $17,700 and not more than $31,500 in the
     2     case of the combined income of persons married to each other
     3     shall be eligible for enhanced pharmaceutical assistance
     4     under this section. A person may, in reporting income to the
     5     department, round the amount of each source of income and the
     6     income total to the nearest whole dollar, whereby any amount
     7     which is less than 50¢ is eliminated.
     8         (2)  Notwithstanding any other law, the minimum and
     9     maximum income levels under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted
    10     annually to reflect the maximum annual Social Security cost-
    11     of-living adjustment. Each year's adjustment shall be based
    12     on the prior year's adjusted minimum and maximum income
    13     levels. The adjustment required under this paragraph shall
    14     reflect calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and each
    15     calendar year thereafter.
    16     * * *
    17     Section 2.  This act shall be retroactive to December 1,
    18  2005.
    19     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.








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