PRINTER'S NO. 1456
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
991
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, AUMENT, REGAN, GORDNER, SCARNATI, MARTIN,
PHILLIPS-HILL, YUDICHAK, STEFANO, J. WARD, K. WARD AND
BARTOLOTTA, JANUARY 17, 2020
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 17, 2020
AN ACT
Providing for a pilot program to increase the complement of
Office of Inspector General employees and for report to the
General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Complement of Office of Inspector General.
(a) General rule.--Subject to sufficient funds being
appropriated, the Office of Inspector General shall implement
and administer a pilot program to increase the complement of
Office of Inspector General employees to investigate fraud,
waste, misconduct and abuse claims from the Department of Human
Services and the Department of Health for a period of not less
than two years. The additional employees shall be hired within
six months of the effective date of this section.
(b) Number of additional employees.--The number of new
employees hired under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to
increase the total complement of employees in the Office of
Inspector General on March 31, 2019, by at least 50%.
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Section 2. Report to General Assembly.
(1) Not later than one year after all of the additional
employees are hired under section 1, the Office of Inspector
General shall submit a written report to the Appropriations
Committee of the Senate, the Health and Human Services
Committee of the Senate, the Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives and the Human Services Committee of
the House of Representatives. The report shall include:
(i) The number of total investigations completed by
the Office of Inspector General, including a breakdown
by:
(A) New versus prior employees.
(B) Prepilot program versus one year into the
pilot program.
(ii) The dollar amount of recovery and costs
avoidance per employee, including a breakdown by:
(A) New versus prior employees.
(B) Prepilot program versus one year into the
pilot program.
(iii) The number of investigations filed with the
Office of Inspector General that were not completed,
including a breakdown by:
(A) New versus prior employees.
(B) Prepilot program versus one year into the
pilot program.
(iv) The additional salary and other costs
associated with each new employee.
(v) The total cost to implement and administer the
pilot program.
(vi) Any additional cost-saving efforts initiated by
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the Office of Inspector General as a result of additional
employees.
(2) The report shall be a public record under the act of
February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know
Law.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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