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PA HB65
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kristine Howard
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AI Summary
- Amends Pennsylvania's filial responsibility law to significantly limit when relatives (spouses, children, parents) can be held liable for an indigent person's care costs
- Relatives are only liable for long-term care costs when they received or transferred the indigent person's assets, resources, income, or property for less than fair market value within five years of the person applying for medical assistance
- Relatives are also liable if they fail to cooperate with the Department of Human Services, nursing facilities, or providers in the medical assistance eligibility process
- Removes the previous general obligation for relatives to support indigent family members, and eliminates the prior exception for children of parents who abandoned them for 10+ years during childhood
- Updates terminology from "Department of Public Welfare" to "Department of Human Services" and expands coverage from "aged" medical assistance to all "long-term services and supports" including nursing facility and home/community-based services
Legislative Description
In support of the indigent, further providing for relatives' liability and procedure; and making an editorial change.
Last Action
Referred to Health
1/10/2025
Committee Referrals
Health1/10/2025
Full Bill Text
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