Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 485 - Lost Access Devices.(a) A recipient who requests the replacement of an access device shall pay a replacement fee of five dollars ($5) for the first replacement access device requested.(b) A recipient who is sixty-four years of age or younger who requests the replacement of additional access devices shall pay a replacement fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for the second and each subsequent replacement access device requested.(b.1) A recipient who is sixty-five years of age or older who requests the replacement of additional access devices shall pay a replacement fee of five dollars ($5) for the second and each subsequent replacement access device requested.(c) Payments made pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (b.1) shall be made to the department prior to the issuance of any replacement access device.(d) The department shall notify the Office of Inspector General of the name of any recipient who has requested replacement of two or more access devices in a calendar year.(e) The department shall not assess a replacement fee in accordance with subsection (a), (b) or (b.1) and no notification shall be made in accordance with subsection (c) if: (1) A recipient is able to prove that the access device assigned to the recipient has been lost in postage or has otherwise been lost by the department.(2) The access device assigned to a recipient by the department is damaged or does not function.(3) A recipient's original access device was lost or damaged in a fire, flood or other natural disaster. (f) This section shall apply to the extent permitted by federal law.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 125, § 6, eff. 12/24/2018.