An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance, further providing for uniformity in administration of assistance and regulations as to assistance and for copayments for subsidized child care, providing for report on transition to chip-enabled access cards, further providing for reports to General Assembly, for persons eligible for medical assistance and for nonemergency medical transportation services and providing for abrogation of regulatory requirements for payment for outpatient behavioral health services within physical confines of behavioral health clinic facilities and for SNAP benefit reporting; and making a repeal.

Added mandatory quarterly checks of income and employment records against medical assistance and SNAP recipients to detect fraud or eligibility changes.

Added a requirement for the department to prepare and submit a report evaluating the feasibility of transitioning from magnetic stripe to chip-enabled SNAP access cards.

Added new reporting requirements to the General Assembly regarding lottery winnings counted as resources and the number of replacement access devices issued.

Added a requirement to conduct a study on using a brokerage model for nonemergency medical transportation services.

Added a requirement to check death certificates against medical assistance and SNAP recipients on a monthly basis.

Added a requirement to submit an annual report detailing the financial costs, distribution, and utilization of SNAP benefits.

Introduced copayments for subsidized child care based on a sliding scale of family income, with specific minimums and maximum percentages.

Abrogated regulatory requirements that limited Medical Assistance payments for outpatient behavioral health services provided within behavioral health clinic facilities.