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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State
Rep. Thomas Caltagirone |
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Caltagirone: House Judiciary Committee approves medical support bill
HARRISBURG, March 12 – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Tom Caltagirone, D-Berks, today announced that a bill he sponsored that would enhance the Pennsylvania Child Support Enforcement program by including medical support was approved by the committee and sent to the full House for consideration.
Caltagirone said the bill (H.B. 2252) would comply with requirements under the Federal Deficit Reduction Act and provide medical and monetary aid to Pennsylvania’s low-income families by:
- Requiring every child support order in the state to also require that either or both parents pay for medical care for their children;
- Requiring that the state collect a $25 fee from families receiving child support services where the family has never received public assistance from the state; and
- Redistributing to low-income families a portion of the collections, estimated to be $3 million.
“This legislation will help us to comply with the federal deficit law so that child support cases are handled in a way that keeps the best interest of families in mind while reducing operating fees,” Caltagirone said.
“It will also help ensure that children in low-income family support cases are covered with medical care and also provide those families with a little extra money to help with that support.”
The measure was approved unanimously by the committee.
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