§ 6205. State payments for treatment; patients' financial ability; standard budget allowanc...
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 6205
§ 6205. State payments for treatment; patients' financial ability; standard budget allowance
(b) The secretary shall devise a formula for determining the patients' financial ability to pay costs of treatment, hereinafter designated PFA. He shall consider (i) the aggregate taxable incomes subject to federal tax on individual incomes of all persons responsible for support of the patient and (ii) the available capital assets, both tangible and intangible, of the patient including any in which he possesses a vested beneficial interest, including but not limited to, insurance, trusts, estates, bank accounts, stocks, evidences of indebtedness and real property. The secretary is authorized to require such proof of the financial status of each patient as he may reasonably deem necessary in the circumstances before he shall approve an application for a grant of state funds.
(1) Standard Budget Allowance | Number of Persons in Family |
$ 4,300 | 1 |
6,300 | 2 |
8,300 | 3 |
9,100 | 4 |
9,900 | 5 |
10,500 | 6 |
(2) For each additional person in a family of more than six persons, one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be added to the standard budget allowance for each additional member.
(3) The number of persons in the family are those dependent on the standard budget allowance for support.
(d) The department may pay on behalf of a patient eligible for assistance under subsection (c) an amount equal to the excess of the actual cost of treatment over the amount required to be paid by the patient as determined by the excess of his financial ability over his standard budget allowance as follows:
Excess of PFA Over Standard | Annual Patient Share of Cost |
Budget Allowance |
$ 0- 00 | $ 00.00 |
100- 199 | 20.00 |
200- 299 | 40.00 |
300- 399 | 60.00 |
400- 499 | 80.00 |
500- 599 | 105.00 |
600- 699 | 130.00 |
700- 799 | 160.00 |
800- 899 | 190.00 |
900- 999 | 220.00 |
1000-1099 | 250.00 |
1100-1199 | 290.00 |
1200-1299 | 325.00 |
1300-1399 | 365.00 |
1400-1499 | 410.00 |
1500-1599 | 450.00 |
1600-1699 | 495.00 |
1700-1799 | 530.00 |
1800-1899 | 595.00 |
1900-1999 | 645.00 |
2000-2099 | 700.00 |
2100-2199 | 755.00 |
2200-2299 | 810.00 |
2300-2399 | 870.00 |
2400-2499 | 935.00 |
2500-2599 | 995.00 |
2600-2699 | 1060.00 |
2700-2799 | 1130.00 |
2800-2899 | 1200.00 |
2900-2999 | 1270.00 |
3000-3099 | 1345.00 |
3100-3199 | 1420.00 |
3200-3299 | 1495.00 |
3300-3399 | 1575.00 |
3400-3499 | 1660.00 |
3500-3600 | 1740.00 |
For each one thousand dollars ($1000) by which the financial ability of the patient exceeds three thousand six hundred dollars ($3600), the annual patient share of cost shall be increased one hundred dollars ($100).
Credits
1970, June 23, P.L. 419, No. 140, § 5.
35 P.S. § 6205, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6205
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 32. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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