Regular Session 2023-2024 House Bill 0479 P.N. 0506

CORRECTIVE REPRINT

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 447

PRINTER'S NO. 506

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

479

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY BOROWSKI, SCOTT, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, PROBST,

CERRATO, CIRESI, DEASY, WARREN, N. NELSON, FLICK AND KHAN,

MARCH 16, 2023

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY

PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 16, 2023

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled

"An act elating 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

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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

Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further

providing for Department of Human Services.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1729-E(a) of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by

adding paragraphs to read:

Section 1729-E. Department of Human Services.

(a) Appropriations.--The following shall apply to

appropriations for the Department of Human Services:

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(8) F rom money appropriated for medical assistance

capitati on, s ubject to Federal approval as may be necessary

and con tingent on Federal financial participation, beginning

January 1, 2025, sufficient funds are included to provide

rates fo r ambulance transportation for ground mileage at not

less than $4 per mile for each loaded mile.

(9) From money appropriated for medical assistance fee-

for-service, subject to Federal approval as may be necessary

and contingent on Federal financial participation, beginning

January 1, 2025, sufficient funds are included to provide

rates for ambulance transportation for ground mileage at not

less than $4 p er mile for each loaded mile.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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