§ 3305. Pilot projects for family support services
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public WelfareEffective: November 30, 2004
Effective: November 30, 2004
62 P.S. § 3305
§ 3305. Pilot projects for family support services
(c) Eligibility.--Families residing in this Commonwealth that include at least one person with a disability are eligible for family support services under this act. The department shall give first priority to families not eligible for any other family support services and second priority to those families eligible for, but not currently receiving, any family support services.
(e) Control.--When a person with a disability becomes 18 years of age, that person shall make decisions regarding family support services unless the person is adjudicated incapacitated. When a person with a disability is under 18 years of age or has been adjudicated incapacitated, the decision making for services shall be shared by appropriate family members, including the person with the disability to the extent of the person's ability.
(1) Each family may choose the payment method, including, but not limited to, cash advances, cash reimbursement and vouchers. In determining the amount of support to be provided, the administering agencies shall consider income, family composition, number of persons with disabilities, the related costs to the family of the disability and the costs of the service being requested from this project.
(g) Nonduplication.--The family support system required by this act shall be separate from, but parallel to, the Office of Mental Retardation's existing Family Resource Service. The family support system shall serve persons with the full range of disabilities, including mental retardation, but may not be used to pay for services for which funds are available to the family from some other source such as the Office of Mental Retardation program.
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2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1561, No. 198, § 5, imd. effective.
62 P.S. § 3305, PA ST 62 P.S. § 3305
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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