Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

67 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 101 (2026)

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TITLE 67

PUBLIC WELFARE

Part

I. Preliminary Provisions

II. Medical Assistance

III. Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

IV. Children, Youth and Families

Enactment. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 67 were added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271, effective in 90 days.

PART I

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Chapter

1. Preliminary Provisions

3. Administration

Enactment. Part I was added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271, effective in 90 days.

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.

101. Definitions.

Enactment. Chapter 1 was added December 3, 2002, P.L.1147, No.142, effective immediately.

Chapter Heading. The heading of Chapter 1 was amended November 3, 2022, P.L.1765, No.118, effective in 60 days.

Prior Provisions. Former Chapter 1, which related to the same subject matter, was added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271, and repealed October 22, 1981, P.L.317, No.111, effective immediately.

§ 101. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this title shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Department." The Department of Human Services of the Commonwealth.

"Secretary." The Secretary of Human Services of the Commonwealth.

(June 28, 2019, P.L.93, No.14, eff. imd.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2023 · leading case: Manor at St. Luke Vill. v. Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 72 A.3d 308 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013).

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Manor at St. Luke Vill. v. Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 72 A.3d 308 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013). “1147 (Act 142), codified in part at 67 Pa.C.S. §§ 101, 1101-06. Section 1102(a) of Act 142, 67 Pa.”

Peer Assocs. LLC v. DHS (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2023). “” 67 Pa. C.S. § 101. If the General Assembly wanted BHA’s jurisdiction to extend to decisions of the managed care plans or other outside entities, then it would have been a straightforward matter to have listed those managed care plans or to write “decisions of the Department or…”

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