Bill Text: PA HB1940 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for criteria for institutions of purely public charity.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-31 - Referred to INSURANCE [HB1940 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1940-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2662
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1940 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, FRANKEL, BOYD, FARRY, BARBIN, D. COSTA, P. COSTA, B. BOYLE, K. BOYLE, BUXTON, COHEN, CURRY, DEASY, DePASQUALE, DERMODY, DeWEESE, FABRIZIO, GERGELY, HALUSKA, HANNA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MARKOSEK, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, MIRABITO, PASHINSKI, PRESTON, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, M. SMITH, STABACK, WAGNER, WHEATLEY, CALTAGIRONE, WHITE, MAHONEY, GIBBONS, THOMAS AND DALEY, OCTOBER 31, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, OCTOBER 31, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 26, 1997 (P.L.508, No.55), entitled
"An act providing for the tax exemption of institutions of
purely public charity; exempting real property owned by
State-related universities or Federal Government
instrumentalities from taxation; providing for unfair
competition; imposing penalties; and making repeals," further
providing for criteria for institutions of purely public
charity.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5(c) of the act of November 26, 1997
(P.L.508, No.55), known as the Institutions of Purely Public
Charity Act, is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 5. Criteria for institutions of purely public charity.
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(c) Private profit motive.--The institution must operate
entirely free from private profit motive. Notwithstanding
whether the institution's revenues exceed its expenses, this
criterion is satisfied if the institution meets all of the
following:
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(5) The institution accepts as full payment, for its
services provided to uninsured patients and to patients who
are subscribers of a medical or health care insurance company
that does not have a reimbursement contract with the
institution for those services, any payment tendered by the
uninsured patient or the subscriber's medical or health care
insurance company that is at least equal to the lower of the
average of the payments the institution would receive under
its three lowest negotiated commercial insurance rates for
the services provided or the payment the institution would
receive under the Federal Medicare program for the services,
if the institution meets the following:
(i) the institution provides health care services in
this Commonwealth; and
(ii) the institution owns or is otherwise affiliated
with, other than by contract, an entity that provides
medical or health care insurance coverage in this
Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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