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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY KILLION, MICOZZIE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, GINGRICH, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, MILLER, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PICKETT, REICHLEY, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 13, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 13, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An |
2 | act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public |
3 | welfare laws of the Commonwealth," repealing certain |
4 | provisions relating to county liability for nursing home care |
5 | for persons at county-owned facilities. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 472 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, |
9 | No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code, amended July 7, 2005 |
10 | (P.L.177, No.42), is repealed: |
11 | [Section 472. Other Computations Affecting Counties.--To |
12 | compute for each month the amount expended as medical assistance |
13 | for public nursing home care on behalf of persons at each public |
14 | medical institution operated by a county, county institution |
15 | district or municipality and the amount expended in each county |
16 | for aid to families with dependent children on behalf of |
17 | children in foster family homes or child-caring institutions, |
18 | plus the cost of administering such assistance. From such total |
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1 | amount the department shall deduct the amount of Federal funds |
2 | properly received or to be received by the department on account |
3 | of such expenditures, and shall certify the remainder increased |
4 | or decreased, as the case may be, by any amount by which the sum |
5 | certified for any previous month differed from the amount which |
6 | should have been certified for such previous month, and by the |
7 | proportionate share of any refunds of such assistance, to each |
8 | appropriate county, county institution district or municipality. |
9 | The amounts so certified shall become obligations of such |
10 | counties, county institution districts or municipalities to be |
11 | paid to the department for assistance: Provided, however, That |
12 | for fiscal year 1979-80 and thereafter, the obligations of the |
13 | counties shall be the amounts so certified representing aid to |
14 | dependent children foster care as computed above plus one-tenth |
15 | of the amount so certified above for public nursing home care: |
16 | And provided further, That as to public nursing home care, for |
17 | fiscal year 2005-2006 and thereafter, the obligations of the |
18 | counties shall be the amount so certified above, less nine- |
19 | tenths of the non-Federal share of payments made by the |
20 | department during the fiscal year to county homes for public |
21 | nursing care at rates established in accordance with section |
22 | 443.1(5).] |
23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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