SB 104 — An Act providing for a pilot program to increase the complement of Office of Inspector General employees and for report to the General Assembly.

PRINTER'S NO.   57

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                       SENATE BILL
                       No. 104
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, LAUGHLIN, BROWN, PENNYCUICK AND STEFANO,
        JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 2025


                                   AN ACT
 1   Providing for a pilot program to increase the complement of
 2      Office of Inspector General employees and for report to the
 3      General Assembly.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6   Section 1.   Short title.
 7      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Office of
 8   Inspector General Complement Increase Act.
 9   Section 2.   Complement of Office of Inspector General.
10      (a)   Pilot program.--Subject to sufficient money being
11   appropriated, the Office of Inspector General shall implement
12   and administer a pilot program to increase the complement of
13   Office of Inspector General employees to investigate fraud,
14   waste, misconduct and abuse claims from the Department of Human
15   Services and the Department of Health for a period of not less
16   than two years. The additional employees shall be hired within
17   six months of the effective date of this subsection.
18      (b)   Number of additional employees.--The number of new
 1   employees hired under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to
 2   increase the total complement of employees in the Office of
 3   Inspector General on January 31, 2025, by at least 50%.
 4   Section 3.     Report to General Assembly.
 5      (a)   Issuance.--Not later than one year after all of the
 6   additional employees are hired under section 2, the Office of
 7   Inspector General shall issue a written report containing the
 8   information specified under subsection (b).
 9      (b)   Contents.--The report under this section must include
10   the following information:
11            (1)   The number of total investigations completed by the
12      Office of Inspector General, including a breakdown by:
13                  (i)    New versus prior employees.
14                  (ii)    Pre-pilot program versus one year into the
15            pilot program.
16            (2)   The dollar amount of recovery and costs avoidance
17      per employee, including a breakdown by:
18                  (i)    New versus prior employees.
19                  (ii)    Pre-pilot program versus one year into the
20            pilot program.
21            (3)   The number of investigations filed with the Office
22      of Inspector General that were not completed, including a
23      breakdown by:
24                  (i)    New versus prior employees.
25                  (ii)    Pre-pilot program versus one year into the
26            pilot program.
27            (4)   The additional salary and other costs associated
28      with each new employee.
29            (5)   The total cost to implement and administer the pilot
30      program.

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 1            (6)   Any additional cost-saving efforts initiated by the
 2      Office of Inspector General as a result of additional
 3      employees.
 4      (c)   Submittal.--The Office of Inspector General shall submit
 5   the report under this section to the following:
 6            (1)   The Appropriations Committee of the Senate.
 7            (2)   The Appropriations Committee of the House of
 8      Representatives.
 9            (3)   The Health and Human Services Committee of the
10      Senate.
11            (4)   The Human Services Committee of the House of
12      Representatives.
13      (d)   Public record.--The report under this section shall be a
14   public record in accordance with the act of February 14, 2008
15   (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
16   Section 4.     Effective date.
17      This act shall take effect immediately.




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