HB 1435 — 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 payments for extraordinary personal care services.

PRINTER'S NO.    1671

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1435
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY CERRATO, PROBST, HOWARD, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, OTTEN,
        PIELLI, McNEILL, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, GUENST, HOHENSTEIN,
        T. DAVIS AND FLEMING, MAY 8, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 8, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
 2      act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
 3      welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
 4      providing for payments for extraordinary personal care
 5      services.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
 9   as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
10   read:
11      Section 443.16.    Payments for Extraordinary Personal Care
12   Services.--(a)    The department shall seek a waiver from the
13   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States
14   Department of Health and Human Services to permit payment for
15   extraordinary personal care services provided by a legally
16   responsible relative to a Medical Assistance recipient when the
17   personal care service is a covered service. The department shall
18   implement this section subject to Federal approval.
19      (b)   The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall
 1   conduct a study to review the costs to the Commonwealth of the
 2   implementation of any waiver under subsection (a) that occurs
 3   during the two-year period after the waiver is approved. Within
 4   three years of the implementation of a waiver under subsection
 5   (a), the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall issue a
 6   report containing the findings of the study to the following:
 7      (1)   The Governor.
 8      (2)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Health
 9   and Human Services Committee of the Senate.
10      (3)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Health
11   Committee of the House of Representatives.
12      (4)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Human
13   Services Committee of the House of Representatives.
14      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 180 days.




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