Bill Information

An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in general powers and duties, providing for coordinated service delivery pilot program; in public assistance, further providing for meeting special needs, work supports and incentives, for medical assistance payments for institutional care and providing for nonemergency medical transportation services; creating opportunities for hospitals and managed care organizations to improve health care outcomes and to further reduce unnecessary and inappropriate services in the Commonwealth's medical assistance program; in the aged, establishing the LIFE Program; in children and youth, further providing for provider submissions; in Statewide quality care assessment, further providing for definitions, for implementation, for administration, for the Quality Care Assessment Account and for expiration; in departmental powers and duties as to supervision, further providing for definitions; in departmental powers and duties as to licensing, further providing for definitions; and imposing a duty on the Department of Human Services.