Tartaglia v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Caroline Tartaglia has appealed from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) upholding the decision of a hearing examiner refusing her re*581quest for abatement or modification of liability for the cost of her care and maintenance from May 1, 1975 to June 20, 1976 while she was a resident of Hamburg Center.

Ms. Tartaglia is severely mentally retarded due to a glandular hypothroidism known as cretinism. She has an I.Q. of 25. She has been a resident of various state institutions from 1930 to 1976. From 1960 until 1976, Ms. Tartaglia was a resident of Hamburg…