PENNSYLVANIA, June 30 - PRINTER'S NO. 73

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

108

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, LAUGHLIN, LANGERHOLC, J. WARD, BLAKE,

MENSCH, AUMENT, BROOKS, COLLETT, HUTCHINSON, ARGALL,

TOMLINSON, REGAN, K. WARD AND HUGHES, JANUARY 22, 2021

REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 22, 2021

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.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 443.1(7) of the act of June 13, 1967

(P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, is amended by

adding a subparagraph 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

prescribed by physicians:

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(7) After June 30, 2007, payments to county and nonpublic

nursing facilities enrolled in the medical assistance program as

providers of nursing facility services shall be determined in

accordance with the methodologies for establishing payment rates

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