County of Bucks v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge Cbaig,

Bucks County appeals from the determination by the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) of the amount of money which the county was entitled to receive from the Commonwealth through the Medical Assistance Program.

This case, and a companion case also decided today, present the same substantive legal issue. We detailed the pertinent facts and fully discussed the questions of law in that case, Lancaster County v. Department of Public Welfare, 72 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 639, 457 A.2d 1001 (1983). We concluded there that DPW had misapplied its own regulation and that the county…