MERLINI v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE


931 A.2d 768 (2007)

Mary Rose MERLINI, By and Through her attorney-in-fact Joseph P. MERLINI, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 25, 2007.

Reargument/Reconsideration Denied September 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Merlini, petitioner, pro se.

Diana C. Clark, Asst. Counsel and Allen C. Warshaw, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

Mary Rose Merlini (Merlini) appeals from a final order of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) upholding the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals' (Bureau) decision denying an appeal from the determination of its Blair County Assistance Office's (Assistance Office) determination that she was ineligible for medical assistance for nursing home care because her available financial resources exceeded the program's limits.

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