Pennsylvania Act 2020-14 — STATE LOTTERY LAW - INCOME VERIFICATION

Act text

Session of 2020

No. 2020-14

HB 775

AN ACT

Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled "An act providing for a State Lottery and administration thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes from State and local taxation and making an appropriation," in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for income verification.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 517 of the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, is amended by adding a subsection to read:

Section 517. Income verification.

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(e) Coordination with the Department of Health.--The department shall establish a method to be used at least once each calendar month, to cross-reference the department's roster of claimants with the death records information from the Department of Health. A claimant who is found to have a death record shall be subject to an immediate cancellation of benefits.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 17th day of April, A.D. 2020.

TOM WOLF