A00535
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
33
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DUNBAR, SAYLOR, REESE, OBERLANDER, NELSON,
ROTHMAN, MACKENZIE, GREINER, DIAMOND, JONES, PICKETT,
GREGORY, RYAN, BARRAR, GLEIM, GROVE, BERNSTINE, WARNER,
MILLARD, KEEFER, JAMES, PYLE, KAUFFMAN, DeLUCA AND
BENNINGHOFF, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 28, 2019
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,
further providing for definitions, for general assistance-
related categorically needy and medically needy only medical
assistance programs and for the medically needy and
determination of eligibility.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 402 introductory paragraph and the
definition of "general assistance" of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, amended June
30, 2012 (P.L.668, No.80), amendment declared unconstitutional,
188 A.3d 1135, (Pa. 2018), are amended and the section is
amended by adding a definition to read:
Section 402. Definitions.--As used in this article, unless
the [content] context clearly indicates otherwise:
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["General assistance" means assistance granted under the
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