PRINTER'S NO. 555
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
497
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, BARRAR, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, BROWNLEE,
CARROLL, DEASY, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GIBBONS, JAMES, KINSEY,
KORTZ, MACKENZIE, MATZIE, MURT, O'BRIEN, RAVENSTAHL,
SABATINA, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SIMS, SNYDER, THOMAS AND
YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions, providing
for exclusion of veterans' benefits from income calculations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 98
VETERANS' BENEFITS EXCLUDED FROM
INCOME CALCULATIONS
Sec.
9801. Definitions.
9802. Veterans' benefits excluded from income calculations for
Commonwealth programs.
§ 9801. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
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shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Veterans' benefit." A service-connected compensation or
benefit of any kind provided to a veteran by a Federal or State
agency or authorized under Federal or State law, including
pensions, disability payments and rebates.
§ 9802. Veterans' benefits excluded from income calculations
for Commonwealth programs.
(a) General rule.--All veterans' benefits shall be excluded
from calculations of income or assets for determining
eligibility for any Commonwealth benefit program, tax exemption,
fee exemption or rebate.
(b) Extension to spouses.--The exclusion under subsection
(a) shall apply to an unmarried surviving spouse upon the death
of a veteran for a veterans' benefit the unmarried surviving
spouse is entitled to receive under applicable Federal or State
law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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