Bill Text: PA HB211 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing, in general budget implementation, for the Department of Public Welfare.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Referred to HEALTH [HB211 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB211-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 162
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 211 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, STABACK, CUTLER, GINGRICH, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CAUSER, CLYMER, D. COSTA, EVERETT, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRELL, HESS, M.K. KELLER, MAJOR, MILLER, MURPHY, O'NEILL, PICKETT, RAPP, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JANUARY 25, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 25, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," further providing, in general budget
implementation, for the Department of Public Welfare.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1729-E of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 17, 2007
(P.L.141, No.42), is amended to read:
Section 1729-E. Department of Public Welfare.
The following shall apply to appropriations for the
Department of Public Welfare:
(1) Any rule, regulation or policy for the Federal or
State appropriations for the cash assistance, outpatient,
inpatient, capitation, behavioral health, long-term care and
Supplemental Grants to the Aged, Blind and Disabled, Child
Care and Attendant Care programs adopted by the Secretary of
Public Welfare during the fiscal year which adds to the cost
of any public assistance program shall be effective only from
and after the date upon which it is approved as to the
availability of funds by the Governor.
(2) Federal and State medical assistance payments. The
following shall apply:
(i) (Reserved).
(ii) (Reserved).
(iii) (Reserved).
(iv) (Reserved).
(v) (Reserved).
(vi) [(Reserved).] The department shall reimburse a
"critical access hospital," as defined in section
1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42
U.S.C. § 1395x(mm)(1)), which is qualified to participate
under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §
1396 et seq.) at 101% of medical assistance allowable
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costs for:
(A) "inpatient critical access hospital
services," as defined in section 1861(mm)(2) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(2)),
provided to a medical assistance recipient; and
(B) "outpatient critical access hospital
services," as defined in section 1861(mm)(3) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395x(mm)(3)),
provided to a medical assistance recipient.
(vii) The following shall apply to eligibility
determinations for services under medical assistance:
(A) Unless the custodial parent or legally
responsible adult has provided to the department, at
application or redetermination, information required
by the department for inclusion in the annual report
under clause (B), no funds from an appropriation for
medical assistance shall be used to pay for medical
assistance services for a child under 21 years of
age:
(I) who has a Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) level of disability; and
(II) whose parental income is not currently
considered in the eligibility determination
process.
(B) The department shall submit to the Public
Health and Welfare Committee of the Senate and the
Health and Human Services Committee of the House of
Representatives an annual report including the
following data:
(I) Family size.
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(II) Household income.
(III) County of residence.
(IV) Length of residence in this
Commonwealth.
(V) Third-party insurance information.
(VI) Diagnosis and type and cost of services
paid for by the medical assistance program on
behalf of each eligible and enrolled child
described in clause (A).
Section 2. The amendment of section 1729-E of the act shall
apply to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2011.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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