Snyder v. Dept. of Public Welfare

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This appeal is by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court reversing a decision of the Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare (Department). 124 Pa.Cmwlth. 511, 556 A.2d 31. The Department had refused medical assistance benefits to one Jay Snyder on the basis that he was a trust beneficiary and, as such, had resources in excess of the Department’s eligibility limit.

Jay Snyder was named as a beneficiary, along with his sister, under his mother’s will dated January 23, 1985. A trust was contained in the residuary clause of the will and provided in relevant…