ICA LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

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Complete transition from PPL to Tempus delayed from 1/1/2022 until April 1, 2022. 
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Nursing Home Regulations...
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​ICA LEGISLATIVE UPDATES 9/24/2021:
 
FEDERAL:

1. A continuing resolution must be passed by both the House and Senate by next Thursday 9/30/2021,

or the federal government will shut down

1. The debt ceiling must be raised or suspended by sometime in mid-October or else the federal government defaults. 

 
Work has slowed on the two major pieces of legislation,
First: a $1 trillion traditional infrastructure bill (The Senate has already passed ) and
Second: a $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” budget reconciliation bill (containing “human infrastructure” provisions) to be considered in the Senate needing 51 votes. 
The House leadership indicates it wants both bills to pass at roughly the same time. There is no hard and fast deadline. However, as time goes on the size of the budget reconciliation bill will likely shrink.
 
STATE: PENNSYLVANIA:
 
DOH Press Release: Proposed Nursing Home Regulations
7/21/2021, Wolf Administration officials shared proposed nursing home regulations focused on increasing the quality of care received by residents by increasing the minimum direct care hours by 1.4 more hours each day. The Department of Health is concurrently working on the other four packages of proposed regulations that will include proposed updates to other critical topics including change of ownership, staff development, staffing ratios, and infection control and prevention. These packages will follow the same process for public comment as this first package of proposed updates.
    Click here for the full press release
    https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Guidance/SNF-Guidance.aspx
 
OLTL Financial Management of Personal Assistant Services;
•During Stakeholder meeting September 3, 2022 – PPL transition to Tempus and the CHC MCOs implementation timeline – Other updates provided – including participant communications
FMS Transition • Implementation date moved from Jan. 2022  to April 1, 2022.
 
• FMS for OBRA and ACT 150 program – Procurement with ODP still in progress. – Target for release in Fall 2021 – Target implementation in June 2022