Bill Text: PA HB1766 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for eligibility for public assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 45-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-23 - Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [HB1766 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1766-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2268
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1766 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, CREIGHTON, DALLY, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METZGAR, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PHILLIPS, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, SAYLOR, S. H. SMITH, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JUNE 23, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 23, 2009
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," further providing for
eligibility for public assistance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 432(5) of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, amended May
16, 1996 (P.L.175, No.35), is amended to read:
Section 432. Eligibility.--* * *
(5) (i) Assistance may be granted only to or in behalf of a
resident of Pennsylvania. Needy persons who do not meet the
residence requirements stated in this clause and who are
transients or without residence in any state, may be granted
assistance up to seven days in the form of vendor payments, all
in accordance with rules, regulations, and standards established
by the department. For purposes of this subclause, residency is
established when the person lives in this Commonwealth for at
least 90 days.
(ii) Cash assistance for applicants and recipients of aid to
families with dependent children who have resided in this
Commonwealth for less than twelve months shall not exceed the
lesser of the maximum assistance payment that would have been
received from the applicant's or recipient's state of prior
residence or the maximum assistance payment available to the
applicant or recipient in this Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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