Bill Text: PA HB269 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing for a prohibition on eligibility expansions for voluntary populations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 39-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to HEALTH [HB269 Detail]
Download: Pennsylvania-2013-HB269-Introduced.html
| PRINTER'S NO. 281 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 269 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, AUMENT, BAKER, BLOOM, CAUSER, CUTLER, DENLINGER, DUNBAR, EMRICK, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, GABLER, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GROVE, C. HARRIS, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, KINSEY, KRIEGER, LAWRENCE, MACKENZIE, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, O'NEILL, RAPP, ROAE, ROCK, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOEPEL AND WATSON, JANUARY 23, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 23, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3welfare laws of the Commonwealth," providing for a
4prohibition on eligibility expansions for voluntary
5populations.
6The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7hereby enacts as follows:
8Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
9as the Public Welfare Code, is amended by adding a section to
10read:
11Section 451.1. Eligibility Expansions For Voluntary
12Populations Prohibited.--Notwithstanding any other law,
13eligibility criteria for voluntary populations to receive
14medical assistance approved under the Patient Protection and
15Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119) may not
16be expanded.
17Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
