Short title: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P. L. 31, No. 21), entitled "Public Welfare Code," further providing for legislative intent, for definitions, for uniform administration of assistance, for community work and training regulations, for work registration and for administrative duties and personal obligations; providing for grant diversion; further providing for special needs and self-sufficiency, for eligibility, for voluntary termination of employment, for identification and proof of residence, for limits on property holdings, for support from legally responsible relatives, for paternity determinations and support enforcement, for protective payments, for determination of need and for eligibility verification; providing for aliens and for diminished welfare payments; further providing for medical eligibility; providing for medical assistance deductibles and for medical assistance pharmacy services; further providing for penalties; making appropriations; imposing duties upon the Department of Public Welfare; and making repeals.

Signed into law as Act No. 35 of 1996.