SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1375 PRINTER'S NO. 2830
No. 1222 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. COSLETT, ZORD, HASAY, KANUCK, HALVERSON,
SHUPNIK, STUBAN, ZITTERMAN, MACKOWSKI, GATSKI, BELARDI,
B. F. O'BRIEN, TELEK, W. W. FOSTER, MADIGAN, WASS, MUSTO,
EARLEY, NOYE AND MRKONIC, MAY 7, 1979
SENATOR SMITH, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED, AS
AMENDED, FEBRUARY 4, 1980
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 October 4, 1978 (P.L.992, No.204), are amended to
10 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 [four
15 thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200)] four thousand two hundred
16 sixty dollars ($4,260);
17 * * *
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 three thousand sixty dollars
5 ($3,060) or less shall be [ninety-five dollars ($95)] one
6 hundred dollars ($100) monthly, and the monthly amount paid to
7 any other eligible blind person shall be fixed in such amount
8 that the sum of his actual annual income and State blind pension
9 equals [four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200)] four
10 thousand two hundred sixty dollars ($4,260) a year.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days JULY 1, <--
12 1980.
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