PRINTER'S NO. 2904
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2024
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, DUNBAR, RYAN, BAKER, TOPPER, JAMES,
PHILLIPS-HILL, BERNSTINE, ORTITAY, JOZWIAK, BARRAR, SAYLOR,
CUTLER, DOWLING, KAUFFMAN, WARD, BLOOM, HICKERNELL, KEEFER,
MENTZER AND A. HARRIS, JANUARY 22, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 22, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
providing for work requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 441.10. Work Requirements.--(a) No later than March
1 of each year, the secretary shall apply to the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department
of Health and Human Services for a waiver under section 1315 of
the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. ยง 1315) for the
following purposes:
(1) Instituting a work requirement for a Medicaid enrollee
who is eighteen years of age or older and physically and
mentally capable of work. The work requirement shall require a
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