(a)
Types
of assistance available. A person in this Commonwealth who is in need
may be eligible for one of the following kinds of cash assistance. However, a
person may not receive concurrently more than one of the four following
categories of cash assistance:
(1) TANF in
one of its several forms.
(2)
GA.
(3) SBP.
(4) SSI.
(b)
Type of assistance
provided. An individual may also be eligible for MA to cover health
care costs. An individual may be eligible for MA in addition to one of the cash
assistance programs in subsection (a), or an individual may be ineligible for
cash assistance but eligible for MA. This subpart contains the eligibility
requirements and procedures for TANF and GA cash assistance and MA. Policies
and procedures governing SBP and SSI are contained in Chapters 297 and 451
(relating to Supplemental Security Income Program; and State Blind Pension). An
individual who meets the eligibility requirements of a particular type of
assistance receives that type of assistance, except in the following
circumstances:
(1) If the person meets the
eligibility requirements for GA, but is included in a TANF grant group as set
forth in §
171.21(b)
(relating to policy).
(2) If the
person is a blind person as defined in Chapter 451 but chooses to apply for a
type of assistance other than SBP.
(3) If a person meets the eligibility
requirements of SBP as well as any other type of assistance, the person
receives SBP, if he chooses to apply for SBP.
(4) If a person qualifies as a specified
relative as defined in §
151.42 (relating to definitions)
of a child who would be eligible for TANF but who is receiving SSI, the person
cannot receive GA. The person must receive TANF or
SBP.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 141.1 adopted August 4, 1977, effective
8/5/1977, 7 Pa.B. 2180; amended
July 28, 1978, effective 8/28/1978, 8 Pa.B. 2104; corrected August 4,
1978, effective 8/28/1978, 8
Pa.B. 2185; amended October 2, 1992, effective upon publication and apply
retroactively to October 1, 1989, 22 Pa.B. 4875; amended September 13, 2002,
effective retroactively to March 3, 1997, 32 Pa.B.
4435.
The provisions of this § 141.1 amended under sections
201(2), 403(b), 432 and 432.21(a) of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
201(2),
403(b), 432 and 432.21(a));
the Support Law (62 P. S. §§
1971-1977); Titles I and III of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Pub. L. No.
104-193) (PRWORA), creating the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and amending
42 U.S.C.A. §§
601-619,
651-669(b) and
1396u-1; and the Federal TANF
regulations in 45 CFR
260.10-265.10.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
299.36 (relating to eligibility
requirements for SSP-only).
