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Recognizing the month of February 2026 as "Senior Independence Month" in Pennsylvania.
In Department of Aging, further providing for evaluation.
In the aged, further providing for LIFE Program; and making a repeal.
Establishing the Grand-family Assistance Program; providing for payments to area agencies on aging; imposing duties on the Department of Aging; and establishing the Grand-family Assistance Program Fund.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
Designating the month of November 2025 as "Care at Home Month" in Pennsylvania.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, providing for short title of chapter and further providing for determination of eligibility and for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier ; and making an editorial change.
Recognizing October 9, 2025, as "Ageism Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
In public assistance, further providing for personal needs allowance deduction for medical assistance-eligible persons in nursing facilities.
In mortgage loan industry licensing and consumer protection, further providing for general requirements.
In casualty insurance, further providing for hearing aid coverage.
Urging the Congress of the United States to expand Medicare to include coverage of hearing aids.
Recognizing August 21, 2025, as "National Senior Citizens Day" in Pennsylvania.
Extensively revising provisions relating to the protection of abused elderly; establishing a uniform Statewide reporting and investigative system for suspected abuse of the elderly; providing for protective services; prohibiting financial exploitation; providing for funding and for regulations; imposing penalties; and making editorial changes.
Urging the Congress of the United States to adopt H.R. 1876, the "Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act," H.R. 1877, the "Protecting Americans' Social Security Data Act," and S. 770, the "Social Security Expansion Act."
Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Older Americans Month" in Pennsylvania.
Providing for resident care monitoring; and imposing penalties.
In public assistance, further providing for medical assistance payments for institutional care.
Providing for exemption from fees.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
Establishing the Older Adult Cable TV Rebate Program, conferring powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development and providing for cable television service reimbursement rebates for eligible older adults.
Providing for communication duties between the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services with certain agencies and the Department of Aging relating to abuse of adults and older adults.
Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
Establishing the Older Adult Mentor Volunteer Program; and providing for duties of the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, intermediate units and public school entities.
Recognizing October 9, 2024, as "Ageism Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in administration, further providing for confidentiality of records; and providing for abuse and neglect registry.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in administration, further providing for duties of department and agencies; and providing for registration of abuse and neglect perpetrators.
Recognizing August 21, 2024, as "National Senior Citizens Day" in Pennsylvania.
Establishing the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Office and the Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Advisory Committee.
In duties and powers of boards of school directors, providing for suicide prevention hotline telephone number on student identification card; and, in school safety and security, further providing for school safety and security coordinator.
In intestate succession, further providing for forfeiture; in wills, further providing for modification by circumstances; in slayers, further providing for definition of terms, providing for elder abuser not to acquire property, further providing for descent, distribution, dower, curtesy, and statutory rights as survivor, for legacies, for tenancies by the entirety, for joint tenants, joint owners and joint obligees, for reversions and vested remainders, for interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life, for contingent remainders and executory or other future interests, for powers of appointment, for proceeds of insurance, for bona fide payment by insurance company or obligor, for bona fide purchasers, for record of conviction as evidence and for preadjudication rule and providing for intent to transfer notwithstanding elder abuse; and making an editorial change.
Establishing the Older Adult Cable TV Rebate Program, conferring powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development and providing for cable television service reimbursement rebates for eligible older adults.
Designating June 15, 2024, as "Elder Abuse Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
In public assistance, providing for pending medical assistance applications.
In Department of Aging, further providing for evaluation.
In mortgage loan industry licensing and consumer protection, further providing for general requirements.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
In emergency COVID-19 response, providing for
In public assistance, further providing for personal needs allowance deduction for medical assistance-eligible persons in nursing facilities.
Designating the week of September 10 through 16, 2023, as "Personal Care and Assisted Living Week" in Pennsylvania.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the effect of workforce shortages on State supported Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs and the Pennsylvania Lottery funded area agency on aging programs and Act 150 services in this Commonwealth.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
Designating the month of June 2023 as "Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
Further providing for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.
Providing for communication duties between the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services with certain agencies and the Department of Aging relating to abuse of adults and older adults.
In licenses, tags and kennels, further providing for requirements for kennels; and abrogating a regulation.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.
Establishing the Community Diaper and Incontinence Products Grant Program and the Community Diaper and Incontinence Products Grant Program Fund; directing the Department of Aging to establish a program to improve access to incontinence supplies; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Human Services.
In State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary.
Providing for communication duties between the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services with certain agencies and the Department of Aging relating to abuse of adults and older adults.
Providing for long-term services and supports, establishing the Long-Term Services and Supports Commission, the Long-Term Services and Supports Council and the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Fund, imposing duties on the Department of Human Services and the Department of Revenue and imposing a payroll premium.
Providing for access to long-term care facilities for members of the clergy, for additional safety requirements for residents, for suspension of access for members of the clergy and for personal protective equipment for members of the clergy.
Urging the Congress of the United States to pass legislation that would extend the Supplemental Security Income program to residents of all United States territories.
Providing for property tax and rent rebate supplemental payments; transferring funds from the COVID-19 Response Restricted Account to the State Lottery Fund; and making an appropriation.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on long-term care facilities in this Commonwealth and issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
In emergency COVID-19 response, providing for Long-Term Care Facility Employee Retention Grant Program.
Further providing for implementation.
In Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly, further providing for the pharmaceutical assistance contract for the elderly needs enhancement tier, for board, for powers of the department and for coordination of benefits.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier, for powers of the department and for coordination of benefits.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
In incapacitated persons, further providing for petition and hearing and independent evaluation.
Providing for private right of action relating to financial exploitation and for financial crimes surcharge.
In incapacitated persons, further providing for petition and hearing and independent evaluation.
Providing for access to congregate care facilities for essential caregivers, for additional safety requirements for residents of congregate care facilities, for suspension of access for essential caregivers and for costs associated with safety measures related to essential caregivers.
Further providing for Pennsylvania Long-term Care Council.
In assault, further providing for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person.
In theft and related offenses, providing for the offense of financial exploitation of an older adult or care-dependent person.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for legislative policy and for definitions; in administration, further providing for duties of department and area agencies on aging, providing for duties of financial institutions and fiduciaries, further providing for reporting and protection from retaliation and immunity, repealing provisions relating to investigations of reports of need for protective services and to provision of services and access to records and persons, providing for receipt and investigation of reports and for provision of protective services, repealing provisions relating to immunity from civil and criminal liability and to confidentiality of records, further providing for involuntary intervention by emergency court order, repealing provisions relating to individual rights, to financial obligations and liabilities and payments, to regulations and enforcement and to funds for payment of administration of chapter and providing for confidentiality of records, for rights of older adults and for electronic records; in criminal history for employees, repealing provisions relating to definitions, to information relating to prospective facility personnel and to grounds for denying employment, providing for criminal history and repealing provisions relating to regulations, to violations, to provisional employees for limited periods, to State Police and to applicability; in reporting suspected abuse by employees, repealing provisions relating to reports to department and coroner, to investigation, to restrictions on employees, to confidentiality of and access to confidential reports and to penalties, providing for penalties, repealing provisions relating to immunity, providing for immunity from civil and criminal liability and for funding and further providing for regulations.
Adding provisions relating to resident care monitoring.
In licensing of health care facilities, providing for nursing care hours during disaster emergency.
Further providing for title of act, for intent, for definitions, for primary caregiver support program, for reimbursements, for entitlement not created and for enforcement.
In medical assistance, providing for reimbursement to guardians of older adults.
Establishing the LGBTQ Senior Community Grant Program; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging; and making an appropriation.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
In administration, providing for Statewide registry of perpetrators of abuse in facilities; and making editorial changes.
Providing for findings; further providing for definitions; providing for certification of COVID-19 temporary nurse aides; and making an editorial change.
Making extensive amendments; and adding provisions relating to preliminary provisions, administration, criminal history for employees, reporting suspected abuse by employees and miscellaneous provisions.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions.
Recognizing the month of October 2019 as "Blindness Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
Further providing for title of act, for intent, for definitions, for primary caregiver support program, for reimbursements, for entitlement not created and for enforcement.
Recognizing the week of October 7 through 13, 2019, as "Mental Health Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on Pennsylvania's long-term care facilities and issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
Providing for long-term infectious disease control.
Further providing for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.
Providing for findings; further providing for definitions; providing for certification of COVID-19 temporary nurse aides; and making an editorial change.
Further providing for primary caregiver support program.
Providing for long-term services and supports, establishing the Long-Term Services and Supports Commission, the Long-Term Services and Supports Council and the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Fund, imposing duties on the Department of Human Services and the Department of Revenue and imposing a payroll premium.
Designating the month of November 2020 as "Dementia Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the week of May 10 through 16, 2020, as "National Skilled Nursing Care Week" in Pennsylvania.
In licensing of health care facilities, providing for nursing care hours during disaster emergency.
Establishing the Long-Term Care Facility Personal Protective Equipment Reimbursement Grant Program and imposing duties on the Department of Aging.
Providing for health care facility reporting relating to COVID-19 and for duties of the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.
In assault, further providing for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person.
In senior citizens property tax and rent rebate assistance, further providing for filing of claim; and authorizing public school districts to implement a senior tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange program.
Establishing a select subcommittee on COVID-19 in long-term care facilities to investigate, review and make recommendations concerning the response to COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in this Commonwealth.
Authorizing municipalities to implement senior citizen tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange programs.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for income verification.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the definition of "income."
Establishing the Shared Housing and Resource Exchange Program; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Aging; and making an appropriation.
In incapacitated persons, further providing for petition and hearing and independent evaluation.
In State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
Recognizing the month of November 2019 as "National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness and Family Caregivers Month" in Pennsylvania.
Designating the month of November 2019 as "Long-Term Care Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania and urging all Pennsylvanians to examine their long-term care needs.
Establishing the Older Adult Mentor Volunteer Program; and providing for duties of the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, intermediate units and public school entities.
Extensively revising provisions on older adults protective services relating to preliminary provisions, administration, criminal history for employees, reporting suspected abuse by employees and miscellaneous provisions; and imposing penalties.
Designating June 12, 2019, as "Behavior Analyst Appreciation Day" in Pennsylvania.
Designating the month of June 2019 as "Cancer Survivors Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania and honoring all cancer survivors for their strength and courage in the face of this devastating illness.
Designating July 10, 2019, as "Chronic Disease Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
Recognizing September 23, 2019, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
Establishing the Senior Citizen Retirement Investment Protection Commission; and providing for its duties.
In public assistance, further providing for personal needs allowance deduction for medical assistance-eligible persons in nursing facilities.
Adding provisions relating to patient care monitoring.
In departmental powers and duties as to licensing, providing for waiver of physical site requirements and further providing for regulations and for rules and regulations for personal care home and assisted living residences.
In theft and related offenses, providing for the offense of financial exploitation of elderly or care-dependent person.
Providing for immunity for financial advisors, for private right of action and for financial crimes surcharge; establishing the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Trust Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging.
In administration, providing for Statewide registry of perpetrators of abuse in facilities; and making editorial changes.
Establishing the LGBTQ Senior Community Grant Program; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging; and making an appropriation.
Prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from serving as guardian, agent under a power of attorney, insurance or annuity beneficiary or estate executor of individuals who receive services from a long-term care provider.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions, providing for medication synchronization, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier and for board, providing for medication therapy management and further providing for coordination of benefits.
Providing for older adults protective services and imposing penalties; and making a related repeal.
Providing for financial protection of individuals receiving long-term care services; and prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from being guardians, agents under a power of attorney, beneficiaries of insurance policies or annuities and executors of estates of individuals receiving long-term care services.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the definition of "income."
In departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for definitions and for right to enter and inspect.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for income verification.
In reporting suspected abuse by employees, providing for Statewide adult abuse registry.
Providing for vulnerable adult protection.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for income verification.
In provisions relating to abuse of family, providing for senior safety from financial exploitation; providing for immunity to banks under certain circumstances; and imposing powers and duties on Department of Aging.
Authorizing public school districts to implement a senior tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange program.
Authorizing municipalities to implement senior citizen tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange programs.
Establishing the Older Adult Mentor Volunteer Program; and providing for duties of the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, intermediate units and public school entities.
In assault, further providing for the offense of abuse of care-dependent person.
Providing for immunity for financial advisors, for private right of action and for financial crimes surcharge; establishing the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Trust Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging.
Adding provisions relating to patient care monitoring.
In theft and related offenses, providing for the offense of financial exploitation of elderly or care-dependent person.
Making extensive amendments and adding provisions relating to preliminary provisions, administration, criminal history for employees, reporting suspected abuse by employees and miscellaneous provisions.
In incapacitated persons, further providing for petition and hearing and independent evaluation.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
Further providing for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.
Establishing the Senior Citizen Retirement Investment Protection Commission.
In Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly, further providing for definitions.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in reporting suspected abuse by employees, providing for financial abuse.
Establishing the LGBT Senior Community Grant Program; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging; and making an appropriation.
Prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from serving as guardian, agent under a power of attorney, insurance or annuity beneficiary or estate executor of individuals who receive services from a long-term care provider.
In administration, providing for Statewide registry of perpetrators of abuse in facilities; and making editorial changes.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
Requiring certain long-term care facilities to coordinate with licensing agencies and local area agencies on aging to provide assistance to consumers in circumstances involving relocation of consumers; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for definitions, for program generally and for generic drugs, providing for medication synchronization, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier (PACENET) and for board, providing for medication therapy management and further providing for coordination of benefits.
Providing standards for carbon monoxide alarms in care facilities; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Aging, the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services; and prescribing penalties.
Providing for Statewide adult abuse registry.
Authorizing public school districts to implement senior local tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange programs.
Requiring certain hospitals to allow patients an opportunity to designate caregivers in patients' medical records and imposing duties on hospitals.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
In Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly, further providing for definitions.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the definition of "income."
Establishing the Pennsylvania Long-term Care Council; providing for its powers and duties; and repealing related provisions of the Public Welfare Code.
Establishing the naturally occurring retirement community program; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
Establishing the LGBT Senior Community Grant Program; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging; and making an appropriation.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
Further providing for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.
In Department of Aging, further providing for allocation of resources.
Making extensive amendments and adding provisions relating to preliminary provisions, administration, criminal history for employees, reporting suspected abuse by employees and miscellaneous provisions.
In State Lottery, further providing for disposition of funds.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in reporting suspected abuse by employees, providing for financial abuse.
Requiring certain long-term care facilities to coordinate with licensing agencies and local area agencies on aging to provide assistance to consumers in circumstances involving relocation of consumers; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
Establishing the Senior Citizen Retirement Investment Protection Commission.
Providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and area agencies on aging and for annual review of care plans; requiring criminal background checks and communicable disease screenings of certain providers; prohibiting certain provider financial interests; and providing for consumer telephone access and for procedures for noncompliance.
Prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from serving as guardian, agent under a power of attorney, insurance or annuity beneficiary or estate executor of individuals who receive services from a long-term care provider.
In administration, providing for Statewide registry of perpetrators of abuse in facilities; and, in reporting suspected abuse by employees, making editorial changes.
Requiring a hospital to provide notice to a patient of the patient's outpatient status, and the impact of the outpatient status on insurance coverage.
Authorizing the Department of Aging to license and inspect community adult respite services programs; defining "community adult respite service providers"; and imposing additional powers and duties on the Department of Aging.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study of the existing network of elder abuse task forces in this Commonwealth and to assess the feasibility of expanding the network Statewide.
Further providing for unwanted telephone solicitation calls prohibited.
Further providing for definitions; and providing for financial abuse.
Providing standards for carbon monoxide alarms in care facilities; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Aging, the Department of Health and the Department of Public Welfare; and prescribing penalties.
Further providing for definitions.
Making extensive amendments and adding provisions relating to preliminary provisions, administration, criminal history for employees, reporting suspected abuse by employees and miscellaneous provisions.
Establishing naturally occurring retirement communities; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
Providing for confidentiality of prizewinners.
Providing for immunity for financial advisors, for private right of action and for a financial crimes surcharge; establishing the Older Adult Financial Exploitation Trust Fund; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Aging.
In administration, providing for Statewide registry of perpetrators of abuse in facilities.
In Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly, further defining "income"; and further providing for determination of eligibility.
Establishing the Senior Citizen Retirement Investment Protection Commission.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the Commonwealth's delivery system of long-term care services and supports for independent and care-dependent older adults, including: a review of the current infrastructure that exists for providing services and supports; consumer access to the system, including an identification of barriers that exist; and financing issues; and to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Long-term Care Council; providing for its powers and duties; and repealing related provisions of the Public Welfare Code.
Providing for family and medical leave for eligible employees.
Authorizing public school districts to implement senior local tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange programs.
Further providing for the definition of "income."
Prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from serving as guardian, agent under a power of attorney, insurance or annuity beneficiary or estate executor of individuals who receive services from a long-term care provider.
Requiring certain long-term care facilities to coordinate with licensing agencies and local area agencies on aging to provide assistance to consumers in circumstances involving relocation of consumers; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
In State Lottery, further providing for disposition of funds.
Further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
In licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions and for licensure.
In Department of Aging, further providing for the allocation of resources.
Further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for special tax provisions relating to certain long-term care expenses.
Providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and area agencies on aging and for annual review of care plans; requiring criminal background checks and communicable disease screenings of certain providers; prohibiting certain provider financial interests; and providing for consumer telephone access and for procedures for noncompliance.
In health and accident insurance, providing for coverage of prescriptions.
In criminal history for employees, further providing for information relating to prospective facility personnel.
Establishing the Alzheimer's Disease State Planning Committee within the Department of Aging; and providing for its powers and duties.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Long-term Care Council; providing for its powers and duties; and repealing related provisions of the Public Welfare Code.
Further defining "facility"; defining "chronic dementia" and "cognitive impairment"; and providing for certain disclosures to facility residents.
Authorizing public school districts to implement senior local tax reduction incentive volunteer exchange programs.
Providing for uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction.
In health and accident insurance, providing for access to community pharmacy services.
Requiring certain long-term care facilities to coordinate with licensing agencies and local area agencies on aging to provide assistance to consumers in circumstances involving relocation of consumers; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
Establishing an independent informal dispute resolution process for long-term care nursing facilities to dispute Department of Health survey deficiencies; and providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Health.
Further providing for intent, for definitions, for caregiver support program, for reimbursements and for entitlement not created.
Establishing an independent informal dispute resolution process for long-term care nursing facilities to dispute Department of Health survey deficiencies; and providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Health.
In Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study of the Pennsylvania Lottery relating to its ability to continue to support programs and services for older Pennsylvanians.
Prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from serving as guardian, agent under a power of attorney, insurance or annuity beneficiary or estate executor of individuals who receive services from a long-term care provider.
In licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions and for licensure.
Further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a performance audit of the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and to report back to the General Assembly with their findings and recommendations.
Providing for a Statewide adult day resource and referral system; establishing a central adult day services database; and imposing additional responsibilities upon the Department of Aging.
Providing for electronic monitoring in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities.
Providing for the establishment, implementation and administration of a retiree welfare-to-work mentoring demonstration program for certain individuals; and imposing additional powers and duties on the Department of Aging.
Requiring carbon monoxide alarms in facilities serving care-dependent persons; imposing powers and duties on the Departments of Aging, Health and Public Welfare; and imposing penalties.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for program generally and for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
Providing for reporting by hospital personnel of suspected abuse.
Providing for background checks for applicants and recipients and for rulemaking authority.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Mature Worker Task Force and providing for its powers and duties.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the feasibility of consolidating the Commonwealth's prescription drug plans under a single administrator.
Further defining "facility"; defining "chronic dementia" and "cognitive impairment"; and providing for certain disclosures to facility residents.
Expressing the House of Representatives' support for the Social Security system and urging the Congress of the United States to reconsider raising Social Security payments to seniors and the disabled, due to the rise in food and energy prices and the cost of living.
Establishing the Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Council; and providing for a system for data collection, for benchmarking and dissemination of long-term care provider quality performance reports, for annual reports to the General Assembly and for publication of reports for public use.
Providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and area agencies on aging and for annual review of care plans; requiring criminal background checks and communicable disease screenings of certain providers; prohibiting certain provider financial interests; providing for consumer telephone access; and providing for procedures for noncompliance.
Providing for the training and certification of qualified assessors of individuals needing long-term care services, for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and for report to General Assembly.
Requiring public notices relating to long-term care providers; and providing for compliance and enforcement, for certain information to be posted on the Internet, for certain information to be provided directly to consumers and consumers' designated persons and for certain duties of Commonwealth agencies responsible for licensure, certification and other approval of long-term care providers.
Reenacting and amending provisions relating to definitions, powers and duties of Department of Health and State health services plan; reenacting provisions relating to regulations; reenacting and amending provisions relating to certificates of need and issuance of license; prohibiting certain referrals and claims of payment; and repealing sunset provisions.
Further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
In Department of Aging, further providing for the allocation of resources.
In State Lottery, further providing for disposition of funds.
Exempting continuing care retirement communities from the medical assistance bed approval process and allowing nursing facilities operated by continuing care retirement communities to obtain medical assistance certified beds under limited terms and conditions.
Further providing for intent, for definitions, for caregiver support program, for reimbursements and for entitlement.
Further providing for Pennsylvania Amber Alert System established, for prohibited use, for coordination with other jurisdictions and for immunity; and creating the Missing Endangered Person Advisory System.
Providing for photo identification tag regulations.
Further providing for Pennsylvania Amber Alert System established, for prohibited use, for coordination with other jurisdictions and for immunity; and creating the Missing Endangered Person Advisory System.
Establishing the Pennsylvania Mature Worker Task Force, and providing for its powers and duties.
In general powers and duties of Department of Public Welfare, providing for onsite complaint investigations and plans of correction and for determining whether applicants are veterans; in public assistance, further providing for establishment of county boards and expenses and for lifetime limit; and, in hospital assessment, further providing for definitions, for authorization, for administration, for no hold harmless, for tax exemption and for cessation.
Establishing an informal dispute resolution process for long-term care nursing facilities and an informal dispute resolution panel within the Department of Health; and providing for membership of the panel, for the scope of informal resolution review and for data collection.
Requiring carbon monoxide alarms in facilities serving care-dependent persons; imposing powers and duties on the Departments of Aging, Health and Public Welfare; and imposing penalties.
Establishing the Home Care Consumer Information Report Card Program; and providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Health.
Further providing for program generally and for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
In licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions; and providing for complaint investigations.
Providing for violation exceptions for personal care homes.
Providing for the definitions of "acquisition cost," "Federal upper payment limits" and "usual charge" or "usual and customary charge"; further providing for program generally, for generic drugs, for indication of price, for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier and for penalties; providing for the Medication Therapy Management Program; and further providing for terms of rebate agreement, for amount of rebate and for excessive pharmaceutical price inflation discount.
Establishing the Department of Aging and Long-Term Living and providing for its powers and duties; and making related repeals.
Further providing for the definition of "income."
Further providing for the offense of neglect of care-dependent person.
Further providing for the offense of neglect of care-dependent person.
Further defining "income."
Prohibiting employees of long-term care providers from serving as guardian, agent under a power of attorney, insurance or annuity beneficiary or estate executor of individuals who receive services from a long-term care provider.
Requiring certain long-term care facilities to coordinate with licensing agencies and local area agencies on aging to provide assistance to consumers in circumstances involving relocation of consumers; and providing for powers and duties of the Department of Aging.
Providing for protection of abused, neglected, exploited or abandoned adults; establishing a uniform Statewide reporting and investigative system for suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of adults; providing for protective services; and prescribing penalties.
Providing for protection of abused, neglected, exploited or abandoned adults; establishing a uniform Statewide reporting and investigative system for suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of adults; providing for protective services; and prescribing penalties.
In licensing of health care facilities, further providing for definitions and for licensure.
In pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further defining "income."
Further defining "facility"; providing for the definitions of "chronic dementia" and "cognitive impairment" and for certain disclosures to facility residents; and making editorial changes.
Requiring public notices relating to long-term care providers; and providing for compliance and enforcement, for certain information to be posted on the Internet, for certain information to be provided directly to consumers and consumers' designated persons and for certain duties of Commonwealth agencies responsible for licensure, certification and other approval of long-term care providers.
Further providing for the definition of "exploitation."
Further providing for intent, for definitions, for caregiver support program, for reimbursements and for entitlement.
Further defining "facility"; and further providing for reporting by employees, for reports to department and coroner and for penalties.
Providing for electronic monitoring in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities.
Authorizing counties to establish county ombudsmen for senior housing; and providing for the powers and duties of ombudsmen and of senior housing residents.
Further providing for reimbursements.
Providing for the establishment, implementation and administration of a retiree welfare-to-work mentoring demonstration program for certain individuals; and imposing additional powers and duties on the Department of Aging.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study of the Pennsylvania Lottery relating to its ability to continue to support programs and services for older Pennsylvanians.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a performance audit of the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and to report back to the General Assembly with their findings and recommendations.
In State Lottery, further providing for statement of purpose and for disposition of funds.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the feasibility of consolidating the Commonwealth's prescription drug plans under a single administrator.
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study and issue a report to the General Assembly on the impact of expanding the powers and duties of the Department of Aging to include administration of certain programs currently administered by the Department of Public Welfare.
Further providing for legislative policy; further defining "employee"; further providing for involuntary intervention by emergency court order, for grounds for denying employment and for applicability relating to criminal history for employees.
Further providing for PACENET eligibility.
Requiring long-term care nursing homes to maintain certain staffing levels in order to protect the health and safety of residents and employees; providing for enforcement by the Department of Health; and imposing civil penalties.
In Department of Aging, further providing for the allocation of Federal and State funds to area agencies.
Establishing the Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Council; and providing for a system for data collection, for benchmarking and dissemination of long-term care provider quality performance reports, for annual reports to the General Assembly and for publication of reports for public use.
Providing for the training and certification of qualified assessors of individuals needing long-term care services, for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and for report to General Assembly.
Providing for a demonstration program to be known as the Senior Tax Reduction Incentive Volunteer Exchange Program; conferring powers and duties on the Department of Aging; and providing additional powers and duties to school districts.
Providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and area agencies on aging and for annual review of care plans; requiring criminal background checks and communicable disease screenings of certain providers; prohibiting certain provider financial interests; providing for consumer telephone access; and providing for procedures for noncompliance.
In miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Federal programs.
Providing for a Statewide adult day resource and referral system; establishing a central adult day services database; and imposing additional responsibilities upon the Department of Aging.
Further providing for PACE and PACENET eligibility.
Exempting continuing care retirement communities from the medical assistance bed approval process and allowing nursing facilities operated by continuing care retirement communities to obtain medical assistance certified beds under limited terms and conditions.
Establishing the Senior Alert System; and providing for duties of the Pennsylvania State Police.