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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY COHEN, MYERS, CALTAGIRONE, WHEATLEY, PAYTON, McGEEHAN, JOSEPHS, CURRY AND V. BROWN, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in medical services, providing for |
3 | medical assistance. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 3308. Medical assistance. |
9 | For each inmate who, at the time of incarceration, is |
10 | eligible for the program under subdivision (f) of Article IV of |
11 | the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public |
12 | Welfare Code, a chief administrative officer shall cooperate |
13 | with the Department of Public Welfare to do one of the |
14 | following: |
15 | (1) Maintain the inmate's eligibility during |
16 | incarceration. |
17 | (2) Suspend, rather than terminate, the inmate's |
18 | eligibility during incarceration and restore eligibility upon |
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1 | release. |
2 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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