35 P.S. § 5701.1105 Reimbursement For Extraordinary Expense

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 35 P.S. § 5701.1105

(a) Program establishment.-- There is established in the department a Hospital Extraordinary Expense Program. Appropriations to the department for the Hospital Extraordinary Expense Program pursuant to section 1106(b) shall be used to reimburse hospitals for extraordinary expenses in treating the uninsured on an inpatient hospital basis.

(b) Department responsibilities.--The department has the following powers and duties:

(1) Administer the Hospital Extraordinary Expense Program.

(2) Collect the data necessary to administer this section, including data from the council.

(3) Contact the appropriate data source if there is missing data and obtain the necessary information.

(4) Determine the eligibility of hospitals from information collected under paragraph (2).

(5) Pay eligible hospitals by October 1 of each fiscal year an amount consistent with subsection (d).

(6) Seek Federal matching funds under the medical assistance program to supplement payments under this chapter.

(7) Prepare and submit a report no later than November 30, 2002, and annually thereafter to the chair and minority chair of the Public Health and Welfare Committee and the chair and minority chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the Health and Human Services Committee and the chair and minority chair of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. The annual report shall also be made available for public inspection and be posted on the department's publicly accessible World Wide Web site. The report shall list all of the following:

(i) The name, address and payment amount for each eligible hospital.

(ii) The health system affiliation of each eligible hospital.