A02546
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
695
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MAY 31, 2019
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 31, 2019
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,
further providing for medical assistance payments for
institutional care and for nonemergency medical
transportation services and providing for uniform Statewide
preferred drug list; in nursing facility assessments, further
providing for definitions, for calculation, for remedies, for
repayment and time periods; in intermediate care facilities
for persons with an intellectual disability assessments,
further providing for definitions and time periods; and, in
hospital assessments, further providing for time period.; and
making a related repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 443.1(7)(iv), 815-A, 811-C(b) and 808-
E(a) of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the
Human Services Code, are amended to read:
Section 1. Section 443.1(7)(iv) of the act of June 13, 1967
(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended to
read:
Section 443.1. Medical Assistance Payments for Institutional
Care.--The following medical assistance payments shall be made
on behalf of eligible persons whose institutional care is
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