Julia Ribaudo Senior Services v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether a Department of Public Welfare (“DPW”) notice of adjudication that clearly advised the recipient, Julia Ribaudo Senior Services (“JRSS”), of the starting and ending dates of the applica*645ble appeal period, but did not specifically designate the date stamped on the notice as the notice’s mailing date, was sufficient to trigger the start of the appeal period. For the following reasons, we reverse the Commonwealth Court’s determination that the notice was inadequate in this regard.

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