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§ 4507. Liability of the Commonwealth

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 50 P.S. Mental Health

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 50 P.S. Mental Health
Chapter 12. Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (Refs & Annos)
Article V. Financial Obligations; Liabilities and Payments (Refs & Annos)
50 P.S. § 4507
§ 4507. Liability of the Commonwealth
Currentness
(a) Except as provided in sections 501, 502, and 505,1 the Commonwealth shall pay for the following:
(1) Diagnosis, evaluation and care in State operated facilities, or in a facility with which the State may contract.
(2) Such other obligations as may arise under any new program established by the department.
(3) Payments for inpatient care not exceeding sixty days per benefit period, and partial hospitalization not exceeding one hundred twenty days, per year, for persons financially ineligible for such care under the Public Assistance Law.2
(4) Interim care of mentally retarded persons, who have been removed from their homes and who, having been accepted, are awaiting admission to a State facility.

Credits

1966, Special Sess. No. 3, Oct. 20, P.L. 96, art. V, § 507, effective Jan. 1, 1967.

Footnotes

1
50 P.S. §§ 4501, 4502 and 4505.
2
62 P.S. § 2501 et seq. (repealed; see now, 62 P.S. § 401 et seq.).
50 P.S. § 4507, PA ST 50 P.S. § 4507
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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