PRINTER'S NO. 1234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
912
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, STREET, WHITE, BREWSTER, GREENLEAF,
MENSCH, COSTA, HAYWOOD, BROWNE, VULAKOVICH, SCHWANK, MARTIN,
BAKER, HUGHES, LEACH AND VOGEL, OCTOBER 5, 2017
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OCTOBER 5, 2017
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,
providing for a medical assistance presumptive eligibility
program for home care and home health services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 443.12. Medical Assistance Presumptive Eligibility
Program for Home Care and Home Health Services.--(a) The
department shall establish a presumptive eligibility program for
home care services and home health services to prevent the
unnecessary and costly institutionalization of individuals who
are eligible for medical assistance nursing facility services
and wish to receive care in a less restrictive setting.
(b) The program shall:
(1) Be designed to provide home care services and home
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