Pennsylvania HB 1154: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in general budget implementation, further providing for Department of Health.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1278
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1154
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, CEPHAS, MAYES, CURRY, D. MILLER, PROBST,
PIELLI, HILL-EVANS, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, STEELE, KAZEEM
AND RIVERA, APRIL 7, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 7, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for Department of Health.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1725-E of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 1725-E. Department of Health.
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(d) Mobile application.--
(1) The department, in consultation with the Department
of Human Services and the Insurance Department, shall
implement and administer a mobile application to:
(i) Promote awareness of health programs in this
Commonwealth regarding pregnancy, prenatal care,
postpartum care, newborn care and infant care.
(ii) Increase participation in the health programs
described in paragraph (1) by eligible individuals, with
an emphasis on those individuals who receive or are
eligible for Medicaid or medical assistance.
(iii) Provide general information regarding Medicaid
eligibility and medical assistance eligibility as they
relate to pregnancy, prenatal care, postpartum care,
newborn care and infant care.
(2) Within 90 days of the effective date of this
paragraph, the department shall develop a competitive bidding
process in accordance with State law and a request for
proposal, seeking a mobile application vendor that can
partner with the department to implement and administer a
mobile application in accordance with this subsection. In
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considering bids from mobile application vendors, the
department shall, as much as practicable, give priority to a
mobile application vendor that already reaches, or has
experience in reaching, mothers and expectant mothers who
receive or are eligible for Medicaid or medical assistance.
(3) The department is authorized to contract with a
mobile application vendor to implement and administer a
mobile application in accordance with this subsection, which
must operate on a Statewide basis and must:
(i) Have the capability to deliver education,
resources and support to prenatal and postpartum
individuals and their families, including information
specific to this Commonwealth, such as links to programs
of the department and other State agencies and resources
available to prenatal and postpartum individuals.
(ii) Demonstrate a consistent workflow to increase
awareness of programs and resources available to users of
the mobile application.
(iii) Provide information in multiple languages.
(iv) Be made available on Android and iOS platforms.
(4) The platform for the mobile application under this
subsection mus