PRINTER'S NO. 73
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
108
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, LAUGHLIN, LANGERHOLC, J. WARD, BLAKE,
MENSCH, AUMENT, BROOKS, COLLETT, HUTCHINSON, ARGALL,
TOMLINSON, REGAN, K. WARD AND HUGHES, JANUARY 22, 2021
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 22, 2021
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,
further providing for medical assistance payments for
institutional care.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 443.1(7) of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended by
adding a subparagraph to read:
Section 443.1. Medical Assistance Payments for Institutional
Care.--The following medical assistance payments shall be made
on behalf of eligible persons whose institutional care is
prescribed by physicians:
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(7) After June 30, 2007, payments to county and nonpublic
nursing facilities enrolled in the medical assistance program as
providers of nursing facility services shall be determined in
accordance with the methodologies for establishing payment rates
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