Crail v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

On October 12, 1978, Edward J. Crail (Petitioner) filed an appeal from a finding, dated December 23, 1977, by the Allegheny County Board of Assistance (CBA), that his wife, Delores Crail, now deceased, was ineligible for medical assistance from October 18, 1977 to November 11, 1977, while she was a patient at Magee-Women’s Hospital (Magee) in Pittsburgh. A fair hearing was held and the hearing examiner dismissed the appeal as untimely filed. Petitioner has appealed from the dismissal to this Court. We affirm.

Delores Crail was admitted to Magee on October 18,1977. The…