1815 2001 Group One Exception Requests; Medical Assistance long-term care participation review

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

2001 Group One Exception Requests; Medical Assistance Long Term Care Participation Review

[31 Pa.B. 5620]

   The Department of Public Welfare (Department), by statement of policy effective December 18, 1996, adopted an interim policy announcing that, as a general matter, it intended to exercise its discretion to refuse to enter into new Medical Assistance (MA) provider agreements and to terminate any provider of MA nursing facility services that sought to increase the number of MA certified nursing facility beds through expansion, unless the Department granted an exception on a case-by-case basis to permit that provider to enroll or expand. A statement of policy that sets forth the guidelines the Department will use when making its case-by-case exception request decisions was published at 28 Pa.B. 138 (January 10, 1998) and is codified at 55 Pa. Code § 1187.21a (relating to nursing facility exception requests--statement of policy).

   By this notice, published under 55 Pa. Code § 1187.21a(e)(4), the Department announces the 2001 Group One Exception Requests covering the submission period of January 1, 2001, through June 30, 2001.

Expansion Projects
Number	Facility	Address	County	Beds
JJ01002	Saint John Neumann	10400 Roosevelt Blvd.	Philadelphia	50
	Nursing Home	Philadelphia, PA 19116
JJ01004	Canterbury Place	310 Fisk Street	Allegheny	40
		Pittsburgh, PA 15201
JJ01001	Bradford Ecumenical Home	100 St. Francis Drive	McKean	1
		Bradford, PA 16701

New Facility Projects
Number	Facility	Address	County	Beds
JJ01003	Clara Burke Community, The	251 Stenton Avenue	Montgomery	76
		Plymouth Meeting

   Copies of the previously listed exception requests are available for review by the public during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment to review a request, call [phone].

   The Department will accept written comments related to the requests for a 30-day period following the date of this publication. Written comments may be submitted to Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of LTC Programs, Attention: Policy Section, P. O. Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105.

   Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling [phone] (TDD users) or [phone] (voice users). Persons who require another alternative format should contact Thomas Vracarich at [phone].

FEATHER O. HOUSTOUN,   
Secretary

   Fiscal Note:  14-NOT-302. No fiscal impact; (8) recommends adoption.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1815. Filed for public inspection October 5, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]