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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania requires nursing facilities to give incoming residents notice about legal representation for Medical Assistance applications
Last action · October 20, 2026: Second consideration, Oct. 20, 2026Sponsors: Tim Bonner and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania requires long-term care nursing facility operators to provide incoming residents or their s with a written notice stating that they have the option to hire an attorney to assist with long-term care benefit applications.
Informs incoming nursing facility residents about potential financial risks and conflicts of interest when using non-legal services to apply for Medicaid, while detailing how to access lawyer referral services and free legal aid.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
long-term care nursing facility residents
Residents or their designated representatives receive written notice at admission detailing their option to hire an attorney for Medical Assistance applications and the limitations of non-legal services.
long-term care nursing facility operators
Facility operators must provide, prominently display, and obtain signed receipts for the legal representation notice during admissions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What information must be included in the notice given to nursing facility residents?
Can nursing facilities use their own version of the notice form?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.
Procedural history
18 actions- Oct 20, 2026SenateFloorSecond consideration, Oct. 20, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst consideration, Oct. 19, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026SenateCommitteeReported as committed, Oct. 19, 2026
- Jan 30, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Jan. 30, 2026
- Jan 30, 2026SenateIn the Senate
- Jan 28, 2026HouseFloorThird consideration and final passage, Jan. 28, 2026 (199-0)
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- Jan 28, 2026HouseCommitteeRe-reported as committed, Jan. 28, 2026
- Dec 17, 2025HouseRe-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Dec. 17, 2025
- Dec 17, 2025HouseFloorSecond consideration, Dec. 17, 2025
- Dec 16, 2025HouseRemoved from table, Dec. 16, 2025
- Sep 10, 2025HouseLaid on the table, Sept. 10, 2025
- Sep 10, 2025HouseCommitteeRe-reported as committed, Sept. 10, 2025
- Jun 25, 2025HouseRe-committed to RULES, June 25, 2025
- Jun 25, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst consideration, June 25, 2025
- Jun 25, 2025HouseCommitteeReported as committed, June 25, 2025
- Jun 10, 2025HouseCommitteeRe-referred to HEALTH, June 10, 2025
- Jun 10, 2025HouseReported with request to re-refer to HEALTH, June 10, 2025
- Jan 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to HUMAN SERVICES, Jan. 27, 2025
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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