Pennsylvania Statutes Title 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare § 3053. Definitions

(1) Those basic and ancillary services which enable an eligible individual to live in his home and community rather than in an institution and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care and mobility.

(2) Basic services shall include, but not be limited to:

(3) If a person is assessed as needing one or more of the basic services, the following services may be provided if they are ancillary to the basic services:

“Department.” The Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth.  1

“Eligible individual.”Any physically disabled/mentally alert person 18 through 59 years of age who meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Experiences any medically determinable physical impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

(2) Is capable of selecting, supervising and, if needed, firing an attendant.

(3) Is capable of managing his own financial and legal affairs.

(4) Because of physical impairment, requires assistance to complete functions of daily living, self-care and mobility, including, but not limited to, those functions included in the definition of attendant care services.