Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Kallinger

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) appeals two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County. The first order held the *200Commonwealth responsible for the cost of mental health treatment for Joseph Kallinger, a state correctional institution prisoner, from January 26,1979. The second order denied the Commonwealth’s preliminary objections because they were untimely filed.

In 1975, in Dauphin County, Kallinger was convicted of a series of crimes committed in Dauphin County and sentenced to combined prison terms of not less than thirty years nor more than…