PRINTER'S NO. 1982
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1535
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WARD, BULLOCK, PICKETT, DEAN, SOLOMON, ZIMMERMAN,
McGINNIS, RYAN, CHARLTON, CAUSER, BOBACK, KAUFER, PEIFER,
MILLARD, KINSEY, BOYLE, PHILLIPS-HILL, SAYLOR, LONGIETTI,
KAVULICH, GREINER, SANTORA, V. BROWN, WHEELAND, MOUL, WATSON
AND ROZZI, JUNE 12, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 12, 2017
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 provider payment rates for individuals with an
intellectual disability or autism.
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. Provider Payment Rates for Individuals with
an Intellectual Disability or Autism.--The following shall apply
to home-based and community-based services provided to
individuals with an intellectual disability or autism:
(1) The department shall maintain and publish in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin on or before December 31 of each fiscal
year a detailed description of the calculation of providers'
payment rates for home-based and community-based services,
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including the data, inputs, assumptions, variables, calculations
and precise methodologies relied on and the source of all data,
variables and assumptions utilized in establishing the payment
rates notwithstanding whether the payment rates are developed by
the department or a third party. The information shall be made
available by the department to each provider, family and
consumer for inspection, examination and copying.
(2) A provider shall submit cost reports to the department,
or the department's designee, on or before September 30 of each
fiscal year that identify the costs incurred to render home-
based and community-based services during the prior fiscal year.
This paragraph shall expire October 1, 2020.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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