Bill Text: PA HB1533 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for military family relief assistance.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-21)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-16 - Act No. 9 [HB1533 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1533-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1900
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1533 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, MELIO, ADOLPH, BELFANTI, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CASORIO, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FRANKEL, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARPER, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MUNDY, MURPHY, MURT, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, STABACK, STURLA, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, YUDICHAK AND EACHUS, MAY 26, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MAY 26, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for military family
relief assistance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7319(h) and (j) of Title 51 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 7319. Military family relief assistance.
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(h) Expiration.--This section shall expire [five years from
the effective date of this section] June 30, 2016.
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(j) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Eligible relative of an eligible service member." The
dependent spouse or dependent child of the eligible service
member or, in the case of applicants for financial assistance to
visit a hospitalized service member, the service member's
spouse, parent, sibling or child. An eligible relative must be a
resident of Pennsylvania at the time of application for
assistance.
"Eligible service member."
(1) [Either] Any of the following:
(i) A member of the armed forces of the United
States or its reserve components, including the
Pennsylvania National Guard, who is serving on active
duty [or State active duty] other than active duty for
training for a period of 30 or more consecutive days.
(ii) A member of the Pennsylvania National Guard
serving on State active duty for a period of 30 or more
consecutive days.
(iii) A member in good standing of any reserve
component of the armed forces of the United States,
including the Pennsylvania National Guard, for a period
of one year after release from a tour of active duty,
other than active duty for training, or State active duty
of 30 or more consecutive days' duration when the need
for assistance is directly related to the member's
performance of active duty or State active duty.
(iv) A former member of the armed forces of the
United States or its reserve components, including the
Pennsylvania National Guard, for a period of two years
after discharge if:
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(A) The member was discharged for medical
reasons arising out of the member's military service.
(B) The medical disability that resulted in the
member's discharge was incurred in the line of duty
and was not the result of misconduct.
(C) The medical condition giving rise to the
discharge did not exist prior to the member entering
military service.
(D) The medical disability was incurred while
the member was serving on active duty, other than
active duty for training, or State active duty for a
period of 30 or more consecutive days.
(E) The former member received an honorable
discharge for medical reasons.
(F) The need for assistance is directly related
to the former member's military service or the
disability incurred as a result of the military
service.
(2) An eligible service member must [have been a
resident of Pennsylvania when he or she entered military
service and must] be a resident of Pennsylvania at the time
of the application for assistance.
"Resident of Pennsylvania." Either of the following:
(1) An individual who is domiciled in this Commonwealth.
The individual must either physically reside in Pennsylvania
or be absent from the State pursuant to military orders. An
individual's spouse or dependent who is domiciled in this
Commonwealth but who is stationed in another state or country
shall qualify under the program as a resident of Pennsylvania
so long as the person does not become domiciled in another
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state.
(2) An individual who qualifies under the definition of
"resident individual" in section 301(p) of the Tax Reform
Code of 1971.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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