Opinion

Department of Public Welfare v. Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network (K.C.)

  • 579 Pa. 313
  • 855 A.2d 842
  • 2004 Pa. LEXIS 1924
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Aug 19, 2004
Status
Published
Author
Eakin
On the bench
Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Lamb, Former
Cited by
10 cases

recognizing the dicta in Tameka, M. relevant to the situation where two equally effective options were presented to the juvenile court

How later courts described this case

  • recognizing the dicta in Tameka, M. relevant to the situation where two equally effective options were presented to the juvenile court
  • Pennsylvania’s MA program, designed to provide medical assistance to individuals who cannot afford to pay for necessary medical services, was created under the Welfare Code subject to the requirements of the federal Medicaid Act.

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Justice EAKIN,

dissenting.

I would affirm on the basis of the Commonwealth Court opinion. Accordingly, I dissent.

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