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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare § 3066. Entitlement not created and prohibition

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Entitlement not created.--Nothing in this act creates or provides any individual with an entitlement to services or benefits. Services under this act shall be made available only to the extent of the availability and level of appropriations made by the General Assembly.

(b) Prohibition.--A primary caregiver shall be prohibited from receiving benefits under this act under the following circumstances:

(1) the primary caregiver is a perpetrator in a substantiated case of abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment as defined in the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L. 381, No. 79),  1 known as the Older Adults Protective Services Act;

(2) the primary caregiver is a perpetrator in a substantiated case of abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment as defined in the act of October 7, 2010 (P.L. 484, No. 70),  2 known as the Adult Protective Services Act; or

(3) the primary caregiver is a perpetrator in a substantiated case of child abuse as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to child protective services).

1 35 P.S. § 10225.101 et seq.
2 35 P.S. § 10210.101 et seq.
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