Pennsylvania Statutes Title 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare § 487. Information to be supplied

(a) Every bank, industrial bank, credit union, trust company, bank and trust company, private banker, and building and loan association, or other financial institutions doing business in Pennsylvania, shall, when requested in writing so to do by the department, or any county board or by any official legislative investigating committee, or by any authorized agent thereof, disclose to such department, board, committee, or authorized agent, whether or not any person applying for or receiving public assistance, or former recipient within four years of closing their case, or any legally responsible relative of such applicant or recipient, or former recipient, has had, or has any money on deposit with, or invested in, such banking institution or building and loan association within one year prior to their application for assistance, or at any time thereafter, the amount and date of such deposit or investment, and the amounts and dates of withdrawals therefrom.

(b) Every employer shall, when requested in writing so to do by the department or any county board or by any official legislative investigating committee, or by any authorized agent thereof, disclose to such department, board, committee, or authorized agent within thirty days, whether or not any person applying for or receiving public assistance or former recipient within four years of closing their case, or any legally responsible relative of such applicant or recipient or former recipient, has or had received, or will receive, any money in salary, wages, commission, or other compensation from such employer, and if so, the amount and date of such salary, wages, commission, or other compensation.