Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1730-H. Department of Human Services

(i) The operation and maintenance of a network of web portals that provide comprehensive referral services, support and information relating to early intervention, prevention and support for individuals with mental health or substance abuse issues, county mental health offices, providers and others that provide mental and behavioral health treatment and related services.

(ii) The expansion of the existing web portals, including services and resources for military veterans and their families, including comprehensive referral services for transitional, temporary and permanent housing, job placement and career counseling and other services for military veterans returning to civilian life.

(i) Money shall be allocated to individual counties and county local collaborative arrangements by using the most recent five-year estimate of the United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey, as available on the effective date of this subparagraph, in accordance with the following:

(ii) County mental health services shall be provided and reported in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Human Services.

(iii) Money received under this paragraph may not be included in the calculation of the allocation of money under the Human Services Block Grant Program.

(iv) The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to behavioral health services appropriations.

(i) Payments to hospitals for Community Access Fund grants shall be distributed under the formulas utilized for these grants in fiscal year 2014-2015.  If the total funding available under this subparagraph is less than that available in fiscal year 2014-2015, payments shall be made on a pro rata basis.

(ii) Amounts allocated from money appropriated for fee-for-service used for the SelectPlan for women's preventative health services shall be used for women's medical services, including noninvasive contraception supplies.

(iii) Notwithstanding any other law, money appropriated for medical assistance payments for fee-for-service care, exclusive of inpatient services provided through capitation plans, shall include sufficient money for two separate All Patient Refined Diagnostic Related Group payments for inpatient acute care general hospital stays for:

(iv) No less than $405,000 shall be used for cleft palates and other craniofacial anomalies.

(v) No less than $800,000 shall be distributed to a hospital for clinical ophthalmologic services located in a city of the first class.

(vi) (Reserved).

(vii) No less than $5,000,000 shall be distributed to a hospital in a city of the third class in a home rule county that is a county of the second class A, provided that services and specialties available on the effective date of this paragraph must remain available until July 1, 2025, and compliance with any other requirements imposed by the Department of Human Services.  The Department of Human Services may recoup funds from any hospital failing to meet the conditions under this paragraph.

(viii) No less than $2,000,000 shall be distributed to a university located in a city of the first class to research the impact of trauma-informed programs on community violence prevention and health disparities.

(ix) No less than $3,000,000 shall be distributed to an enrolled outpatient therapy service provider located in a city of the second class in a county of the second class that provides behavioral health and medical rehabilitation pediatric outpatient services.

(x) No less than $1,250,000 shall be distributed to a hospital in a city of the second class in a county of the second class that has a Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive burn center and a nursing school.

(xi) The sum of $10,000,000 shall be used to make one-time inpatient supplemental payments to rural hospitals for the purpose of stabilization.  The following shall apply to payments under this subparagraph:

(i) No less than the amount distributed in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be distributed to a county nursing home located in a home rule county that is a county of the second class A with more than 725 beds and a Medicaid acuity at 0.79 as of August 1, 2015.

(ii) No less than the amount used in the 2020-2021 fiscal year shall be distributed to a nonpublic nursing home located in a county of the first class with more than 395 beds and a Medicaid acuity at 1.06 as of August 1, 2022, to ensure access to necessary nursing care in that county.

(iii) $5,000,000 shall be distributed to a nonpublic nursing home located in a county of the eighth class with more than 119 beds and a Medicaid acuity at 1.11 as of August 1, 2022, to ensure access to necessary nursing home care in that county.

(iv) An additional $500,000 shall be paid in equal payments to nursing facilities which remain open as of the effective date of this section that qualified for supplemental ventilator care and tracheostomy care payments in fiscal year 2014-2015 with a percentage of medical assistance recipient residents who required medically necessary ventilator care or tracheostomy care greater than 90%.

(v) An additional $250,000 shall be paid to a nursing facility located in a township of the first class in a county of the second class A which remains open as of the effective date of this subparagraph with a percentage of medical assistance recipient residents who required medically necessary ventilator care or tracheostomy care equal to or greater than 90% as of August 1, 2022.

(vi) An additional $250,000 shall be paid to a nursing facility located in a city of the first class which commenced operations after December 31, 2017, and which remains open as of the effective date of this subparagraph with a percentage of medical assistance recipient residents who required medically necessary ventilator care or tracheostomy care equal to or greater than 90% as of August 1, 2022.

(vii) Subject to Federal approval of necessary amendments of the Title XIX State Plan, $21,000,000 is allocated for medical assistance day-one incentive payments to qualified nonpublic nursing facilities under methodology and criteria under section 443.1(7)(vi)  4 of the Human Services Code.  The Department of Human Services shall determine a nonpublic nursing facility's overall and medical assistance occupancy rate to qualify for a medical assistance day-one incentive payment for the fiscal year based on a nursing facility's resident day quarter ending December 31, 2019, for the first of two payments and a nursing facility's resident day quarter ending March 31, 2020, for the second of two payments.

(i) On or after July 1, 2024, $1,500,000 shall be distributed to a nonpublic nursing home located in a home rule county that is a county of the second class A with more than 126 beds and a Medicaid acuity at 0.89 as of February 1, 2023, to ensure access to necessary nursing home care in that county.

(ii) On or after July 1, 2024, $1,500,000 shall be distributed to a nonprofit skilled nursing home located in a city of the second class A in a county of the third class with a Medicaid acuity at 1.11 as of February 1, 2023, to ensure access to necessary skilled nursing care in that county.

(i) $600,000 shall be allocated to a behavioral health facility located in a county of the fifth class with a population between 140,000 and 145,000 under the most recent Federal decennial census and shall be distributed to a health system that operates both a general acute care hospital and a behavioral health facility that has a center for autism and developmental disabilities located in a county of the fifth class with a population between 140,000 and 145,000 under the most recent Federal decennial census;

(ii) $300,000 shall be allocated to an institution of higher education that provides autism education and diagnostic curriculum located in a city of the first class that operates a center for autism in a county of the second class A;

(iii) $300,000 shall be allocated to an institution of higher education that provides autism education and diagnostic curriculum and is located in a county of the second class;

(iv) no less than the amount distributed in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be allocated for programs to promote the health and fitness of persons with developmental disabilities located in a city of the first class;  and

(v) $600,000 shall be allocated for an entity that provides alternative educational services to individuals with autism and developmental disabilities in the county which was most recently designated as a county of the second class A.

(i) an allocation of $4,084,000 for a Statewide professional services provider association for the blind to provide training and supportive services for individuals who are blind and preschool vision screenings and eye safety education;  and

(ii) an allocation of $618,000 to provide specialized services and prevention of blindness services in cities of the first class.

(i) The Secretary of Human Services shall report on a quarterly basis in person to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives information documenting each of the following State appropriations and their associated Federal appropriations:

(ii) The information included in a report under subparagraph (i) shall include the following:

(iii) If the revised estimates under subparagraph (ii)(D) indicate supplemental money may be necessary, the Secretary of Human Services shall provide a detailed explanation, in writing, of the reasons the revised estimates differ from the General Appropriation Act of 2024, or information provided previously under this paragraph.