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WASHINGTON v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 602 M.D. 2012

71 A.3d 1070 (2013)

Billie WASHINGTON, Tina Smith, Opal Gibson, Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers' Association, Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia Alliance, Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Success Against All Odds, Petitioners v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Froehlich and Gregory B. Heller , Philadelphia, Carol A. Horowitz , Pittsburgh and Allen C. Warsaw , Harrisburg, for petitioners.

Jason W. Manne , Deputy Chief Counsel, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Donald Marritz, Gettysburg , and Robert F. Williams , Camden, NJ, for amici curiae Resources for Human Development, Inc., Women's Law Project, Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans, Comhar Inc., Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Social Services Union, SEIU Local 668, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, Common Cause of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition, Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, Coalition Against Hunger, HIV Policy Collaborative of Pennsylvania, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Coalition, and Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia.

BEFORE: PELLEGRINI, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, LEAVITT, Judge, BROBSON, Judge, and McCULLOUGH, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Billie Washington, Tina Smith, Opal Gibson, Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers' Association, Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, The Philadelphia Alliance, Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association and Success Against All Odds (collectively, Petitioners) challenge the Act of June 30, 2012, P.L. 668, No. 80 ...

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