§ 1730-F.1. Department of Human Services
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal AffairsEffective: July 1, 2022
Effective: July 1, 2022
72 P.S. § 1730-F.1
§ 1730-F.1. Department of Human Services
The following apply to appropriations for the Department of Human Services:
(i) The operation and maintenance of a network of web portals that provide comprehensive referral services, support and information relating to early intervention, prevention and support for individuals with mental health or substance abuse issues, county mental health offices, providers and others that provide mental and behavioral health treatment and related services.
(ii) The expansion of the existing web portals, including services and resources for military veterans and their families, including comprehensive referral services for transitional, temporary and permanent housing, job placement and career counseling and other services for military veterans returning to civilian life.
(3) Subject to the availability of Federal money and eligibility under Federal TANFBG rules, grantees who operated within the PA WorkWear program in the prior fiscal year and who remain in operation shall be offered a grant for the fiscal year to continue service delivery under substantially similar terms as previous PA WorkWear grants unless both parties agree to alternate terms. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the Department of Human Services from offering a grant to a prospective PA WorkWear provider to replace a prior grantee who chooses not to continue to operate in the program.
(i) Payments to hospitals for Community Access Fund grants shall be distributed under the formulas utilized for these grants in fiscal year 2014-2015. If the total funding available under this subparagraph is less than that available in fiscal year 2014-2015, payments shall be made on a pro rata basis.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other law, money appropriated for medical assistance payments for fee-for-service care, exclusive of inpatient services provided through capitation plans, shall include sufficient money for two separate All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Group payments for inpatient acute care general hospital stays for:
(vii) No less than $5,000,000 shall be distributed to a hospital in a city of the third class in a home rule county that was formerly a county of the second class A, provided that services and specialties available on the effective date of this paragraph must remain available until July 1, 2023, and compliance with any other requirements imposed by the Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services may recoup funds from any hospital failing to meet the conditions under this paragraph.
(x) No less than $2,500,000 shall be distributed to an acute care hospital in a city of the third class with a population between 14,000 and 15,000 according to the most recent Federal decennial census in a county of the third class with a population between 360,000 and 370,000 according to the most recent Federal decennial census.
(6) To supplement the money appropriated to the department for medical assistance for workers with disabilities, in addition to the monthly premium under section 1503(b)(1) of the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L. 755, No. 77),1 known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, the department may adjust the percentage of the premium upon approval of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as authorized under Federal requirements. Failure to make payments in accordance with this paragraph or section 1503(b)(1) of the Tobacco Settlement Act shall result in the termination of medical assistance coverage.
(8) Federal or State money appropriated under the General Appropriation Act of 2022 in accordance with 35 Pa.C.S. § 8107.3 (relating to funding) not used to make payments to hospitals qualifying as Level III trauma centers or seeking accreditation as Level III trauma centers shall be used to make payments to hospitals qualifying as Levels I and II trauma centers.
(i) Money appropriated for women's service programs grants to nonprofit agencies whose primary function is to promote childbirth and provide alternatives to abortion shall be expended to provide services to women until childbirth and for up to 12 months thereafter, including food, shelter, clothing, health care, counseling, adoption services, parenting classes, assistance for postdelivery stress and other supportive programs and services and for related outreach programs. Agencies may subcontract with other nonprofit entities that operate projects designed specifically to provide all or a portion of these services. Projects receiving money referred to in this subparagraph shall not promote, refer for or perform abortions or engage in any counseling which is inconsistent with the appropriation referred to in this subparagraph and shall be physically and financially separate from any component of any legal entity engaging in such activities.
(iv) An additional $500,000 shall be paid in equal payments to nursing facilities which remain open as of the effective date of this section that qualified for supplemental ventilator care and tracheostomy care payments in fiscal year 2014-2015 with a percentage of medical assistance recipient residents who required medically necessary ventilator care or tracheostomy care greater than 90%.
(v) Subject to Federal approval of necessary amendments of the Title XIX State Plan, $16,000,000 is allocated for medical assistance day-one incentive payments to qualified nonpublic nursing facilities under methodology and criteria under section 443.1(7)(vi) of the Human Services Code. The Department of Human Services shall determine a nonpublic nursing facility's overall and medical assistance occupancy rate to qualify for a medical assistance day-one incentive payment for the fiscal year based on a nursing facility's resident day quarter ending December 31, 2019, for the first of two payments and a nursing facility's resident day quarter ending March 31, 2020, for the second of two payments.
(vii) Subject to Federal approval, sufficient funds are included to provide a 17.5% annualized rate increase effective January 1, 2023, that is calculated in accordance with section 443.1 of the Human Services Code and 55 Pa. Code Chs. 1187 (relating to nursing facility services) and 1189 (relating to county nursing facility services), including for costs associated with compliance with section 1603-T.
(i) $600,000 shall be allocated to a behavioral health facility located in a county of the fifth class with a population between 130,000 and 135,000 under the most recent Federal decennial census and shall be distributed to a health system that operates both a general acute care hospital and a behavioral health facility that has a center for autism and developmental disabilities located in a county of the fifth class with a population between 130,000 and 135,000 under the most recent Federal decennial census;
(16) From money appropriated for child-care services, no less than $25,000,000 shall be allocated to apply an income limit for subsidized child care during redetermination of eligibility to no more than 300% of the Federal poverty income guidelines or 85% of the State median income, whichever is lower. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall determine copayment amounts for family incomes above 235% of the Federal poverty income guidelines in order to support economic self-sufficiency. The department shall transmit notice of the copayment schedule to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(21) The provisions of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1611 (relating to aliens who are not qualified aliens ineligible for Federal public benefits), 1612 (relating to limited eligibility of qualified aliens for certain Federal programs) and 1642 (relating to verification of eligibility for Federal public benefits) shall apply to payments and providers.
(i) The Secretary of Human Services shall report on a quarterly basis in person to the secretary, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives information documenting each of the following State appropriations and their associated Federal appropriations:
(iii) If revised estimates under subparagraph (ii)(D) indicate supplemental money may be necessary, the secretary shall provide a detailed explanation, in writing, of the reasons the revised estimates differ from the General Appropriation Act of 2022, or information provided previously under this paragraph.
(23) The Department of Human Services shall not add non-medically necessary services to the Medical Assistance Program that would result in the need for a supplemental appropriation without the approval of the General Assembly. Each proposed service shall be outlined in the Governor's Executive Budget or subsequent updates provided in writing to the General Assembly.
Credits
1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. XVII-F.1, § 1730-F.1, added 2022, July 11, P.L. 540, No. 54, § 37, imd. effective, retroactively applicable to July 1, 2022.
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 5701.1503.
72 P.S. § 1730-F.1, PA ST 72 P.S. § 1730-F.1
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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