PRINTER'S NO. 2039
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1559
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, BERNSTINE, BOBACK, GROVE,
A. HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, MILLARD, ORTITAY, SAYLOR,
THOMAS, TOOHIL, WARD AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 16, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 16, 2017
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 general powers and
duties of the Department of Human Services, providing for
child support requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 216. Child Support Requirements for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program.--(a) The department shall elect
the option under 7 CFR § 273.11(o) (relating to action on
households with special circumstances) to require an individual
living with and exercising parental control over a child under
eighteen years of age who has an absent parent to cooperate with
the department's division of child support services in
establishing paternity of the child and in establishing,
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