PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 296 PRINTER'S NO. 3160
No. 276 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MRS. KELLY, MESSRS. GIAMMARCO, McLANE, OLIVER,
FEE, DiCARLO, COHEN, BROWN AND MILLER, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 22, 1978
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," further providing for
4 eligibility for and amount of State blind pensions.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Clause (3) of section 506 and section 507, act of
8 June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Public Welfare
9 Code," amended December 26, 1974 (P.L.991, No.324), are amended
10 to read:
11 Section 506. Eligibility.--The department shall provide a
12 State blind pension to any blind person who:
13 * * *
14 (3) Has actual annual income of his own of less than [three
15 thousand six hundred dollars ($3600)] three thousand eight <--
16 hundred dollars ($3,800)FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS <--
17 ($4,200);
18 * * *
1 Section 507. Amount of Pension.--Except as provided for
2 payment for nursing home care, the amount paid after the
3 effective date of this act to an eligible blind person having
4 actual annual income of his own of [two thousand five hundred
5 eighty dollars ($2580)] two thousand seven hundred twenty <--
6 dollars ($2720) THREE THOUSAND SIXTY DOLLARS ($3060) or less <--
7 shall be [eighty-five dollars ($85)] ninety dollars ($90) <--
8 NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS ($95) monthly, and the monthly amount paid <--
9 to any other eligible blind person shall be fixed in such amount
10 that the sum of his actual annual income and State blind pension
11 equals [three thousand six hundred dollars ($3600)] three <--
12 thousand eight hundred dollars ($3,800) FOUR THOUSAND TWO <--
13 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($4,200) a year.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. IN 60 <--
15 DAYS.
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