THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY, LOGAN, BAKER, KASUNIC, FONTANA, PILEGGI, BRUBAKER, RAFFERTY, MUSTO, GORDNER, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, GREENLEAF, BROWNE, M. WHITE, TOMLINSON, EARLL, WASHINGTON, LEACH, MELLOW, FARNESE, ORIE, YAW, BOSCOLA AND STACK, APRIL 3, 2009

REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, APRIL 3, 2009  

AN ACT

Providing for quarterly interim payments to certain providers of

community mental retardation services; and providing for

powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Community

Mental Retardation System Financial Stability Act.

Section 2.  Quarterly interim payments required.

The Department of Public Welfare shall make interim payments

to providers of community mental retardation services that are

enrolled in the Medicaid program on the first day of each

calendar quarter: July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1 of

each year. The quarterly interim payments shall be subject to

ongoing reconciliation resulting from periodic billings for

services submitted by enrolled providers and to annual

reconciliations of such billings.

Section 3.  Calculation.

The quarterly interim payments shall be the average of the

adjudicated billings for each provider for the two quarters

prior to each such payment.

Section 4.  Inconsistent repeal.

Section 509 of the act of October 20, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess.,

P.L.96, No.6), known as the Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Act of 1966, is hereby repealed to the extent of any

inconsistency with the provisions of this act. Section 509 of

the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 shall

continue to apply to community mental health services.

Section 5.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.