Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 447 - Relatives' responsibility; repayment(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no repayment shall be required of any medical assistance paid in behalf of any person for which he was eligible; and, with respect to the determination of eligibility for such assistance, no relative, other than spouses for each other and parents for unemancipated minor children, shall be required to contribute to the cost of the care for which such assistance is provided.(b) Persons who apply for medical assistance shall be required to cooperate with the department in establishing paternity and pursuing a medical support order.(c) The custodial parents of a dependent child under eighteen years of age who is disabled as defined by section 1611 of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 1382 ) and who is not receiving benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.) shall be required to verify their income as a condition of eligibility of the child.1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, art. 4, § 447. Amended 1968, July 31, P.L. 904, No. 273, § 6; 1995, June 30, P.L. 129, No. 20, § 8, imd. effective; 2005, July 7, P.L. 177, No. 42, § 5, imd. effective.