Section 403.2. General Assistance-Related Categorically Needy and Medically Needy Only Medical Assistance Programs.--(a) Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the general assistance cash assistance program shall cease August 1, 2019.
(b) The general assistance-related categorically needy medical assistance program shall continue, including, but not limited to, the eligibility and work and work-related requirements under this article. The general assistance-related medical assistance program for the medically needy only shall continue.
(403.2 reenacted and amended June 28, 2019, P.L.43, No.12)
2018 Unconstitutionality: The addition of section 403.2 by Act 80 of 2012 was declared unconstitutional on July 18, 2018, by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Washington v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare, 188 A.3d 1135 (Pa. 2018). The Legislative Reference Bureau effectuated the 2018 unconstitutionality.