PENNSYLVANIA, July 1 - PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 135

PRINTER'S NO. 734

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

156

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, K. WARD, BROOKS, GORDNER, ARGALL, BAKER,

BARTOLOTTA, DiSANTO, PITTMAN, STEFANO, J. WARD, BLAKE,

BREWSTER, COLLETT, COMITTA, HAYWOOD, MUTH, SANTARSIERO,

SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE, BOSCOLA, HUGHES, SABATINA, COSTA AND

KANE, FEBRUARY 2, 2021

AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MAY 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), entitled "An

act establishing a special fund and account for money

received by the Commonwealth from the Master Settlement

Agreement with tobacco manufacturers; providing for home and

community-based care, for tobacco use prevention and

cessation efforts, for Commonwealth universal research

enhancement, for hospital uncompensated care, for health

investment insurance, for medical assistance for workers with

disabilities, for regional biotechnology research centers,

for the HealthLink Program, for community-based health care

assistance programs, for PACE reinstatement and PACENET

expansion, for medical education loan assistance and for

percentage allocation and appropriation of moneys," in

medical assistance for workers with disabilities, further

providing for definitions and for medical assistance benefits

for workers with disabilities and workers with medically

improved disabilities.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The definitions of "worker with a disability" and

"worker with a medically improved disability" in section 1502 of

the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco

Settlement Act, are amended and the section is amended by adding

a definition to read:

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