HB 654 — An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.

PRINTER'S NO.   663

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 654
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY YOUNG, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, HOHENSTEIN, GIRAL, PROBST,
        McNEILL, HADDOCK, PARKER, KHAN, CIRESI, WARREN, WAXMAN,
        CONKLIN, KENYATTA, FREEMAN, DONAHUE, HILL-EVANS, FLEMING,
        O'MARA, DEASY, CERRATO, GREEN AND DAVIDSON, FEBRUARY 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
        FEBRUARY 20, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled
 2      "An act providing for a State Lottery and administration
 3      thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery
 4      Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of
 5      funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes
 6      from State and local taxation and making an appropriation,"
 7      in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further
 8      providing for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the
 9      Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
10      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11   hereby enacts as follows:
12      Section 1.    Section 519(b) of the act of August 26, 1971
13   (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, is amended to
14   read:
15   Section 519.    The Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the
16               Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier.
17      * * *
18      (b)   PACENET eligibility.--A person with an annual income of
19   not less than $14,500 and not more than [$33,500] $45,000 in the
20   case of a single person and of not less than $17,700 and not
1   more than [$41,500] $55,000 in the case of the combined income
2   of persons married to each other shall be eligible for enhanced
3   pharmaceutical assistance under this section. A person may, in
4   reporting income to the department, round the amount of each
5   source of income and the income total to the nearest whole
6   dollar, whereby any amount which is less than 50¢ is eliminated.
7      * * *
8      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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