Pennsylvania 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.

Bill Text

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
Providing for a pilot program to increase the complement of
Office of Inspector General employees and for report to the
General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Office of
Inspector General Complement Increase Act.
Section 2. Complement of Office of Inspector General.
(a) Pilot program.--Subject to sufficient money being
appropriated, the Office of Inspector General shall implement
and administer a pilot program to increase the complement of
Office of Inspector General employees to investigate fraud,
waste, misconduct and abuse claims from the Department of Human
Services and the Department of Health for a period of not less
than two years. The additional employees shall be hired within
six months of the effective date of this subsection.
(b) Number of additional employees.--The number of new
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employees hired under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to
increase the total complement of employees in the Office of
Inspector General on January 31, 2025, by at least 50%.
Section 3. Report to General Assembly.
(a) Issuance.--Not later than one year after all of the
additional employees are hired under section 2, the Office of
Inspector General shall issue a written report containing the
information specified under subsection (b).
(b) Contents.--The report under this section must include
the following information:
(1) The number of total investigations completed by the
Office of Inspector General, including a breakdown by:
(i) New versus prior employees.
(ii) Pre-pilot program versus one year into the
pilot program.
(2) The dollar amount of recovery and costs avoidance
per employee, including a breakdown by:
(i) New versus prior employees.
(ii) Pre-pilot program versus one year into the
pilot program.
(3) The number of investigations filed with the Office
of Inspector General that were not completed, including a
breakdown by:
(i) New versus prior employees.
(ii) Pre-pilot program versus one year into the
pilot program.
(4) The additional salary and other costs associated
with each new employee.
(5) The total cost to implement and administer the pilot
program.
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(6) Any additional cost-saving efforts initiated by the
Office of Inspector General as a result of additional
employees.
(c) Submittal.--The Office of Inspector General shall submit
the report under this section to the following:
(1) The Appropriations Committee of the Senate.
(2) The Appropriations Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(3) The Health and Human Services Committee of the
Senate.
(4) The Human Services Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(d) Public record.--The report under this section shall be a
public record in accordance with the act of February 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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