PENNSYLVANIA, March 12 - PRINTER'S NO. 405

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

359

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, HUGHES, FONTANA, KEARNEY, STREET,

COLLETT, TARTAGLIONE, SANTARSIERO, BREWSTER, COSTA, BOSCOLA,

KANE AND MUTH, MARCH 12, 2021

REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 12, 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 medical assistance,

providing for pregnancy-related and postpartum medical

assistance.

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 441.10. Pregnancy-Related and Postpartum Medical

Assistance.--(a) The secretary shall apply to the Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department

of Health and Human Services for a waiver under section 1115 of

the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 1315) to

permit a woman receiving medical assistance under section

1902(e)(5) of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. §

1396a(e)(5)) to be eligible for pregnancy-related and postpartum

medical assistance for up to an additional ten months following

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