§ 1729-H. Department of Human Services
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal AffairsEffective: June 22, 2018
Effective: June 22, 2018
72 P.S. § 1729-H
§ 1729-H. Department of Human Services
The following apply to appropriations for the Department of Human Services:
(i) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may transfer Federal money appropriated for TANFBG Child Care Assistance to the CCDFBG Child Care Services appropriation to provide child-care services to additional low-income families if the transfer of money will not result in a deficit in the appropriation. The secretary shall provide notice 10 days prior to a transfer under this subparagraph to 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.
(ii) The department, upon approval of the secretary, may transfer Federal money appropriated for CCDFBG Child Care Assistance to the CCDFBG Child Care Services appropriation to provide child-care services to additional low-income families, provided that the transfer of money will not result in a deficit in the appropriation. The secretary shall provide notice 10 days prior to a transfer under this subparagraph to 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.
(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.
(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:
(vi) From money appropriated for medical assistance long-term care, no less than the amount distributed in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be distributed to a county nursing home located in a home rule county that was formerly a county of the second class A with more than 725 beds and a Medicaid acuity at 0.79 as of August 1, 2015, $1,000,000 shall be distributed to a nonpublic nursing home located in a county of the first class with more than 395 beds and a Medicaid acuity at 1.14 as of August 1, 2017, to ensure access to necessary nursing care in that county and $5,000,000 shall be distributed to a nonpublic nursing home located in a county of the eighth class with more than 119 beds and a Medicaid acuity of 1.02 as of August 1, 2017, to ensure access to necessary nursing home care in that county.
(vii) From money appropriated for medical assistance long-term care, no less than $850,000 shall be allocated to a special rehabilitation facility in Peer Group Number 13 in a city of the third class with a population between 115,000 and 120,000 based upon 2010 census data, and an additional $750,000 shall be paid in equal payments to nursing facilities 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%.
(viii) Federal or State money appropriated under the General Appropriation Act of 2018 in accordance with Article VIII-H of the Human Services Code,1 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.
(i) no less than the amount distributed in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be distributed to a behavioral health facility located in a county of the fifth class with a population between 130,000 and 135,000 under the 2010 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 2010 Federal decennial census;
(8) From money appropriated for community-based family centers, no less than $235,000 shall be allocated to a program for early literacy and school readiness which is labeled as a promising approach under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program and has submitted data to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to be qualified as an evidence-based home visiting model.
(10) The appropriation for blind and visual services includes an allocation for a Statewide professional services provider association for the blind to provide training and supportive services for individuals who are blind and preschool vision screenings and eye safety education and an allocation to provide specialized services and prevention of blindness services in cities of the first class. Allocations shall be made in the amounts used for those purposes in fiscal year 2014-2015.
(11) To supplement the money appropriated to the department for medical assistance for workers with disabilities, in addition to the monthly premium established under section 1503(b)(1) of the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L. 755, No. 77),2 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.
(12) 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.
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1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. XVII-H, § 1729-H, added 2018, June 22, P.L. 281, No. 42, § 24, imd. effective.
72 P.S. § 1729-H, PA ST 72 P.S. § 1729-H
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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