Pennsylvania 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 454 — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for public notice of provider payment rates for individuals with an intellectual disability or autism.

Last action — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

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The bill adds a new section to the Human Services Code requiring public notice of provider payment rates for services for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism.

  • Section 443.13

    Public Notice of Provider Payment Rates for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Autism.--The following shall apply to home-based and community-based services provided to individuals with an intellectual disability or autism: (1) Not later than 30 days after the Governor's budget address, the department shall transmit to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice that includes the proposed provider payment rates for home-based and community-based services for the next fiscal year. The rates shall be sufficient to enable individuals with an intellectual disability or autism, who are enrolled in any of the department's federally approved medical assistance funded waiver programs, to access services which must comply with the department's quality of care standards and are necessary to meet the needs of individuals with an intellectual disability or autism, as identified in the individuals' approved individual support plans. (2) The notice shall solicit public comment on and contain a detailed description of the precise methodologies utilized to calculate the payment rates for home-based and community-based services to be rendered under the waiver programs, including the data, studies, assumptions, variables, calculations and any other information relied upon and the source of all information utilized in establishing the payment rates. The information shall be made available by the department for inspection, examination and copying. (3) Not later than forty-five days after the enactment of the General Appropriation Act each year, and after review and consideration of the public comments received by the department, the department shall transmit to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a notice that includes the final provider payment rates for home-based and community-based services for the fiscal year and a detailed response to the public comments.

    This establishes a requirement for transparency and public engagement regarding payment rates for specific services.

Action History

  1. Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS

  2. Second consideration

  3. First consideration

  4. Reported as committed

  5. PN 0449 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 241 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (241)

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Votes

Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3000
Democratic 4000
Republican 4000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
BROWNE — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Katie J. Muth Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Judy Ward Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 454?
SB 454 is sponsored by Jay Costa (Democratic), Lisa Baker (Republican), Judy Ward (Republican), Scott Martin (Republican), Mensch, Yudichak, Disanto, Scott E. Hutchinson (Republican), David G. Argall (Republican), Sabatina, Blake, and Wayne D. Fontana (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 454?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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