City of Philadelphia - File #: 020493

• File #: 020493
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 9/12/2002
• In control: Committee on Finance
• Title: Amending Section 19-2900 of Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Senior Citizen Low Income Special Tax Provisions," by expanding the coverage of this Chapter to include senior citizens who are eligible to participate in the Commonwealth's Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier ("PACENET") program.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Longstreth, Council President Verna
• Indexes: SENIOR CITIZENS
• Code sections: 19-2900 - Senior Citizen Low Income Special Tax Provisions, 19-2902 - Definitions

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/10/2002	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/3/2002	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR	Pass
10/1/2002	0	Committee on Finance	HEARING HELD
10/1/2002	0	Committee on Finance	REPORTED FAVORABLY
9/25/2002	0	Committee on Finance	HEARING HELD
9/25/2002	0	Committee on Finance	RECESSED
9/12/2002	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
9/12/2002	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Section 19-2900 of Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Senior Citizen Low Income Special Tax Provisions," by expanding the coverage of this Chapter to include senior citizens who are eligible to participate in the Commonwealth's Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier ("PACENET") program.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHIILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 19-2902 of Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

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(2) Eligible claimant. A resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for no less than 90 days, who is 65 years of age and over, whose annual income is less than the maximum annual income and who is not otherwise qualified for public assistance under the Act of June 13, 1967 (P.L. 31, No. 21) known as the Public Welfare Code, 62 P.S. §§ 201 et. seq., 701 et. seq., 901 et. seq., and 1001 et. seq.

[(2)] (3)

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[(3)] (4)

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[(4)] (5) Low income taxpayer. A taxpayer whose income does not exceed the ["]maximum annual income["] allowable for an ["]eligible claimant["] to participate in the [Commonwealth's program for Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly (]"PACE" program [) pursuant to the Lottery Fund Preservation Act, §3762-101 et. seq.] or a taxpayer who is a "qualified individual" to participate in the "PACENET" program.


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(6) Maximum annual income. For PACE eligibility, the term shall mean annual income which shall not exceed $14,000 in the case of single persons nor $17,200 in the case of the combined annual income of persons married to each other. Persons may, in reporting income to the Department of Aging of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, round the amount of each source of income and the income total to the nearest whole dollar, whereby any amount which is less than 50¢ is eliminated.

(7) PACE. The Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly program established under the Act of August...