Bouman v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Carmel Bouman petitions for review of the June 30, 2014, final administrative order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (BHA), which affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge (ALJ) to dismiss Bouman’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

Ninety-year-old Bouman was a resident at Welsh Mountain Home (WMH), a licensed personal care home.1 On November 22, 2013, WMH issued a 30-day discharge notice to Bouman pursuant to 55 Pa.Code § 2600.228(h)(3),2 stating that due to her “continued exit[-]seeking from the…