Brandt v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Donald Brandt (Petitioner) appeals from an order of the Hearing and Appeal Unit of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) dated January 4, 1980, that denied the Petitioners request for an abatement or modification of the liability assessment for costs incurred by his son who is a resident at the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (Center), Butler, Pa.

The Petitioner’s son was placed at the Center through the Cumberland-Perry Mental Health and Mental Retardation Program in 1976. Pursuant to Sec*268tion 502 of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 (Act),1 the…