PRINTER'S NO. 2009
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1702
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, HARKINS, MADDEN, McNEILL, GUENST, DONAHUE,
BOROWSKI, SANCHEZ AND HILL-EVANS, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," providing for 2023-2024 budget implementation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE XVII-F.3
2023-2024 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
SUBARTICLE A
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
(Reserved)
SUBARTICLE B
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
Section 1711-F.3. Governor (Reserved).
Section 1712-F.3. Executive offices (Reserved) .
Section 1713 -F.3 . Lieutenant Governor (Reserved).
Section 1714 -F.3 . Attorney General (Reserved).
Section 1715 -F.3 . Auditor General (Reserved).
Section 1716 -F.3 . Treasury Department (Reserved).
Section 1717 -F.3 . Department of Aging (Reserved).
Section 1718 -F.3 . Department of Agriculture (Reserved) .
Section 1719 -F.3 . Department of Community and Economic
Development (Reserved) .
Section 1720 -F.3 . Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources (Reserved).
Section 1721 -F.3 . Department of Corrections (Reserved).
Section 1722 -F.3 . Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
(Reserved).
Section 1723 -F.3 . Department of Education (Reserved).
Section 1724 -F.3 . Department of Environmental Protection
(Reserved).
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Section 1725 -F.3 . Department of General Services (Reserved) .
Section 1726 -F.3 . Department of Health (Reserved) .
Section 1727 -F.3 . Insurance Department (Reserved).
Section 1728 -F.3 . Department of Labor and Industry (Reserved) .
Section 1729 -F.3 . Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
(Reserved).
Section 1730 -F.3 . Department of Human Services.
The following apply to appropriations for the Department of
Human Services:
(1) (Reserved).
(2) From money appropriated for medical assistance long-
term living:
(i) (Reserved) .
(ii) For fiscal year 2023-2024, the Department of
Human Services shall calculate each nursing facility's
case-mix rate based on the cost database and peer group
prices for each net operating cost center used in the
calculation of each nursing facility's case-mix for
fiscal year 2022-2023. Each nursing facility's case-mix
rate shall be adjusted quarterly in accordance with 55
Pa. Code ยง 1187.96(a)(5) (relating to price- and rate-
setting computations).
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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