PRINTER'S NO. 1023
No. 900 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SALOOM, HALVERSON, LINCOLN, PETRARCA, ITKIN,
BONETTO, CAPUTO, FLAHERTY, MRKONIC, M. M. MULLEN,
M. P. MULLEN, BELLOMINI, DOMBROWSKI, TRELLO, ROMANELLI,
ABRAHAM, COWELL, RHODES, KERNICK, PERRY, O'BRIEN, YAHNER,
DAVIS AND PIEVSKY, MARCH 20, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 20, 1975
AN ACT
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," providing for payment by
4 the Commonwealth of the cost of medical assistance for county
5 public nursing home care.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 472, act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
9 No.21), known as the "Public Welfare Code," amended July 31,
10 1968 (P.L.904, No.273), is amended to read:
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
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 notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
13 Commonwealth shall make medical assistance payments for
14 institutional care to the counties on the same basis as like
15 payments are made to nonpublic nursing homes and such payments
16 shall be credited to the obligation of the county.
17 Section 2. this act shall take effect in 60 days.
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