PRINTER'S NO. 2396
No. 1959 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY BELARDI AND EVANS, JUNE 28, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 28, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for fees
21 paid by health care providers.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
26 section to read:
27 Section 610-A.1. Fees Paid by Health Care Providers.--(a)
1 The administration of the portions of the act of October 15,
2 1975 (P.L.390, No.111), known as the "Health Care Services
3 Malpractice Act," which relate to the Arbitration Panels for
4 Health Care shall be funded from annual fees charged to health
5 care providers practicing in this Commonwealth and payable in an
6 amount determined by the agency in the manner provided for in
7 this section.
8 (b) The fees authorized by this section shall be based on
9 the cost incurred by the Arbitration Panels for Health Care in
10 conciliating and settling claims. Unless otherwise directed by
11 the administrator, the fees shall be computed and collected in
12 the same manner as the surcharge levied under section 701 of the
13 "Health Care Services Malpractice Act."
14 (c) Annual fees collected under this section shall be
15 deposited into a restricted account in the General Fund. All
16 moneys placed in said restricted account are appropriated with
17 the approval of the General Assembly to the Arbitration Panels
18 for Health Care for the purpose of implementing the "Health Care
19 Services Malpractice Act." Moneys collected prior to the
20 effective date of this amendatory act and remaining in any
21 restricted account established by the Arbitration Panels for
22 Health Care under the "Health Care Services Malpractice Act" may
23 also be used to pay expenses of the agency.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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