PRINTER'S NO. 2081
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1606
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI,
CIRESI, READSHAW, McNEILL, MURT, NEILSON, SCHWEYER, FREEMAN,
WARREN, HOWARD, GILLEN, KIM, CALTAGIRONE, McCARTER, BARRAR,
DRISCOLL, KINSEY, BULLOCK, KOSIEROWSKI, COMITTA, O'MARA,
MALAGARI, SHUSTERMAN, DAWKINS, FIEDLER, DeLUCA, OTTEN,
SOLOMON, DeLISSIO AND WEBSTER, JUNE 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
JUNE 11, 2019
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 public assistance,
further providing for personal needs allowance deduction for
medical assistance-eligible persons in nursing facilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 443.8 of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended to
read:
Section 443.8. Personal Needs Allowance Deduction for
Medical Assistance-Eligible Persons in Nursing Facilities.--
[(a)] A personal needs allowance of not less than [forty
dollars ($40)] sixty-five dollars ($65) per month, for clothing
and other personal needs, shall be deducted from a medical
assistance-eligible person's gross income, as defined by
departmental regulation, for purposes of determining the amount
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that person must pay toward the cost of skilled health care and
intermediate services or intermediate care while residing in a
nursing facility.
[(b) The personal needs allowance under subsection (a) shall
be increased to not less than forty-five dollars ($45) beginning
July 1, 2007.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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