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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