PRINTER'S NO. 1923
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
699
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, JUNE 22, 2018
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 22, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
providing for nonemergency medical transportation services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 443.12. Nonemergency Medical Transportation
Services.--(a) The department shall amend the Commonwealth's
State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act (49 Stat.
620, 42 U.S.C. ยง 1396 et seq.) to provide nonemergency medical
transportation services to eligible and enrolled medical
assistance recipients utilizing a Statewide or regional full-
risk brokerage model.
(b) Subject to Federal approval of the amendments to the
Commonwealth's approved Title XIX State Plan, the department
shall develop a proposal and solicit a broker to administer the
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program. A broker determined eligible by the department may
submit a proposal. The department shall enter into a contract
with each broker whose proposal has been selected to administer
the program.
(c) The department shall issue the solicitation for a
Statewide or regional full-risk brokerage model within one
hundred eighty days after the effective date of this subsection.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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