A06382
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
890
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, SCARNATI, J. WARD, ARGALL, PITTMAN,
MASTRIANO, STEFANO, COSTA, BOSCOLA, COLLETT, BLAKE, KEARNEY,
LEACH, BREWSTER, YUDICHAK, PHILLIPS-HILL, BARTOLOTTA, BAKER,
K. WARD AND YAW, OCTOBER 8, 2019
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OCTOBER 8, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), entitled "An
act establishing a special fund and account for money
received by the Commonwealth from the Master Settlement
Agreement with tobacco manufacturers; providing for home and
community-based care, for tobacco use prevention and
cessation efforts, for Commonwealth universal research
enhancement, for hospital uncompensated care, for health
investment insurance, for medical assistance for workers with
disabilities, for regional biotechnology research centers,
for the HealthLink Program, for community-based health care
assistance programs, for PACE reinstatement and PACENET
expansion, for medical education loan assistance and for
percentage allocation and appropriation of moneys," in
medical assistance for workers with disabilities, further
providing for definitions and for medical assistance benefits
for workers with disabilities and workers with medically
improved disabilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1502 of the act of June 26, 2001
(P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, is
amended by adding a definition to read:
Section 1. The definitions of "worker with a disability" and
"worker with a medically improved disability" in section 1502 of
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