Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SR216: A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly.
Status: Passed both chambers, July 12, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly.
From the introduced text, January 30, 2026:
A RESOLUTION Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly. WHEREAS, Medical assistance is a crucial State service that helps vulnerable populations obtain and maintain health care coverage, and mismanagement, inefficiency or defraudation of the Commonwealth's medical assistance program could threaten the health coverage of the vulnerable populations that the medical assistance program serves; and WHEREAS, Medical assistance funding comprised 30% of all General Fund spending in the 2024-2025 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Data from the Independent Fiscal Office shows that the total funding for Medicaid rose from approximately $30 billion in the 2018-2019 fiscal year to nearly $50 billion in the 2024-2025 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, The United States Office of Inspector General published the Review of Pennsylvania Medicaid Managed Care Program Potential Savings With Minimum Medical Loss Ratio in July 2017, which found that the Commonwealth could have saved millions of dollars if the State would have required managed care organizations to meet a minimum Medical Loss Ratio Standard and required remittances if the standard was not met; and WHEREAS, The United States Office of Inspector General published an audit report in 2024 that found that Pennsylvania improperly claimed $551 million in Medicaid funds for its school-based program; and …
Sponsors
- Cris Dush (R, 25) · primary sponsor
- Scott Martin (R, 13)
- Rosemary Brown (R, 40)
- Judith Ward (R, 30)
- Vogel Jr., Elder A. (R, 47)
- Scott Hutchinson (R, 21)
- Dawn Keefer (R, 31)
- Michele Brooks (R, 50)
Latest actions
- : (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 641-642), July 12, 2026
- : Adopted, July 12, 2026 (31-19)
- : Reported as committed, June 24, 2026
- : Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Jan. 30, 2026
Votes
- Senate Floor: SR216, RC 501 (July 12, 2026): 31 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Senate Floor: SR216, RC 500 (July 12, 2026): 27 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Senate Health & Human Services: Reported as Committed (June 24, 2026): 8 yea, 5 nay, passed
Subjects: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Common questions
- What is SR216?
- SR216 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly.
- What does SR216 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit of the medical assistance programs of the Commonwealth and provide a report to the General Assembly.
- What is the status of SR216?
- Passed both chambers as of July 12, 2026. Latest action: (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 641-642), July 12, 2026 (July 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SR216?
- Cris Dush (R, 25), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR216?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sr216
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