Bill Text: PA HB494 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-04 - Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES [HB494 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB494-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 449
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 494 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, BOYD, CLYMER, FARRY, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HESS, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MILLER, O'NEILL, PICKETT, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled
"An act providing for a State Lottery and administration
thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery
Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of
funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes
from State and local taxation and making an appropriation,"
further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract
for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 519(b) of the act of August 26, 1971
(P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, amended July
7, 2006 (P.L.1061, No.111), is amended to read:
Section 519. The Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the
Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
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(b) PACENET eligibility.--[A]
(1) Subject to annual adjustment under paragraph (2), a
person with an annual income of not less than $14,500 and not
more than $23,500 in the case of a single person and of not
less than $17,700 and not more than $31,500 in the case of
the combined income of persons married to each other shall be
eligible for enhanced pharmaceutical assistance under this
section. A person may, in reporting income to the department,
round the amount of each source of income and the income
total to the nearest whole dollar, whereby any amount which
is less than 50¢ is eliminated.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the minimum and
maximum income levels under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted
annually to reflect the maximum annual Social Security cost-
of-living adjustment. Each year's adjustment shall be based
on the prior year's minimum and maximum income levels. The
adjustment required under this paragraph shall reflect
calendar years 2008, 2009, 2010 and each calendar year
thereafter.
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Section 2. This act shall be retroactive to January 1, 2007.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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