PRINTER'S NO. 2029
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1345
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, AUMENT, TEPLITZ, VANCE, SCAVELLO,
EICHELBERGER, GORDNER, RAFFERTY, YUDICHAK, HUTCHINSON, WHITE,
FOLMER, MENSCH, VULAKOVICH, VOGEL AND STEFANO, JULY 28, 2016
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 28, 2016
AN ACT
Providing for the complement of Office of Inspector General and
for report to the General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Complement of Office of Inspector General.
(a) General rule.--Subject to sufficient funds being
appropriated for such purpose, the Office of Inspector General
established by Executive Order of the Governor shall hire
additional employees and such employees shall, for a period of
not less than two years, investigate fraud, waste, misconduct
and abuse claims from the Department of Human Services and the
Department of Health.
(b) Number of additional employees.--The number of new
employees hired under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to
increase by at least 50% the total complement of employees in
the Office of Inspector General on March 31, 2016.
Section 2. Report to General Assembly.
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Not later than one year after the additional employees are
hired under section 1, the Office of Inspector General shall
submit a written report to the Appropriations Committee of the
Senate, the Public Health and Welfare Committee of the Senate,
the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and
the Human Services Committee of the House of Representatives.
The report shall include:
(1) The number of total investigations addressed by the
Office of Inspector General, including a breakdown by new and
prior employees.
(2) The dollar amount of recovery/cost avoidance per
employee, including a breakdown by new and prior employees.
(3) The number of investigations filed with the Office
of Inspector General that were not addressed.
(4) Any additional cost-saving efforts initiated by the
Office of Inspector General as a result of additional
employees.
The report shall be a public record under the act of February
14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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