Mulgrew v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Warren Mulgrew (Mulgrew) petitions for review of the March 11, 1988 final order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), Office of Hearings and Appeals, which denied Mulgrews request for financial abatement or modification of liability assessed against him for care at Farview State Hospital (Farview) during an involuntary hospitalization.

*451Issues presented for review pertain to the scope of DPW’s duty to assist a resident of a state mental institution who requests an abatement or modification of assessed liability; the exempt or non-exempt status of…