§ 10227.113. Hospital health clinics
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: August 19, 2013
Effective: August 19, 2013
35 P.S. § 10227.113
§ 10227.113. Hospital health clinics
(a) Program.--The Department of Public Welfare1 shall, in cooperation with the department, be responsible for administering the program as it relates to hospital health clinics in accordance with the requirements of this act and shall have the following additional duties:
(1) To develop an application and collect such data and information as may be necessary to determine the eligibility of hospital health clinics for payments under this section using the criteria set forth in section 111(a) and (b).2
(1) For each fiscal year, upon Federal approval of an amendment to the Medicaid State plan, the Department of Public Welfare shall annually distribute any available funds obtained under this act for hospital health clinics through disproportionate share payments to hospitals to provide financial assistance that will assure readily available and coordinated comprehensive health care to the citizens of this Commonwealth.
(1) Thirty percent of the total amount available shall be allocated to eligible hospital health clinics of hospitals located in counties of the first and second class. The total amount available for each hospital health clinic at a hospital in these counties shall be allocated on the basis of each hospital's percentage of medical assistance and low-income hospital health clinic visits compared to the total number of medical assistance and low-income hospital health clinic visits for all hospitals in the first and second class counties.
(2) Fifty percent of the total amount available shall be allocated to eligible hospital health clinics of hospitals located in counties of the third, fourth and fifth class. The total amount available for each hospital health clinic at a hospital in these counties shall be allocated on the basis of each hospital's percentage of medical assistance and low-income hospital health clinic visits compared to the total number of medical assistance and low-income hospital health clinic visits for all hospitals in the third, fourth and fifth class counties.
(3) Twenty percent of the total amount available shall be allocated to eligible hospital health clinics of hospitals located in counties of the sixth, seventh and eighth class. The total amount available for each hospital health clinic at a hospital in these counties shall be allocated on the basis of each hospital's percentage of medical assistance and low-income hospital health clinic visits compared to the total number of medical assistance and low-income hospital health clinic visits for all hospitals in the sixth, seventh and eighth class counties.
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2013, May 21, P.L. 32, No. 10, § 113, effective in 90 days [Aug. 19, 2013].
35 P.S. § 10227.113, PA ST 35 P.S. § 10227.113
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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