H1618B2569A10628 DMS:BTW 10/18/16 #90 A10628
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1618
Sponsor: SENATOR ARGALL
Printer's No. 2569
Amend Bill, page 8, by inserting between lines 28 and 29
Section 508-A. Complement of office.
(a) General rule.--Subject to sufficient funds being
appropriated for such purpose, the office shall hire additional
employees and such employees shall, for a period of not less
than two years, investigate fraud, waste, misconduct and abuse
claims from the Department of Human Services and the Department
of Health.
(b) Number of additional employees.--The number of new
employees hired under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to
increase by at least 50% the total complement of employees in
the Office of Inspector General on March 31, 2016.
(c) Report to General Assembly.-- Not later than one year
after the additional employees are hired under subsection (a),
the office shall submit a written report to the Appropriations
Committee of the Senate, the Public Health and Welfare 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:
(1) The number of total investigations addressed by the
office, including a breakdown by new and prior employees.
(2) The dollar amount of recovery/cost avoidance per
employee, including a breakdown by new and prior employees.
(3) The number of investigations filed with the office
that were not addressed.
(4) Any additional cost-saving efforts initiated by the
office as a result of additional employees.
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.
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