Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VI - Mental Health/Intellectual Disability/Autism Manual › Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management › Chapter 4300 - COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY FISCAL MANUAL › CONTRACTED AGENCY ALLOWABLE COST STANDARDS › Section 4300.83 - Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Compensation
					 costs eligible for Departmental participation shall be the lesser of the
					 amounts negotiated and approved by the county as part of the contract or the
					 amounts specified in subsections (b) and (c). The Department recognizes the
					 responsibility and authority of the board of directors of each agency for
					 establishing employe salaries and benefits. Compensation exceeding the amounts
					 eligible for Departmental participation shall be the financial responsibility
					 of the county or the agency.
(b)
					 The Department will participate in compensation for employes of program funded
					 agencies up to the combined prevailing Commonwealth salaries and benefits for
					 functionally equivalent positions. The county program will use a crosswalk,
					 such as the MCR System or PAP, to determine functionally equivalent positions.
					 The crosswalks will incorporate the chief executive officer reimbursement grid
					 methodology identified in subsection (c). The Department will perform an
					 initial review of job descriptions and organizational information and crosswalk
					 the positions into the appropriate structure. The appropriate county authority
					 will have the ongoing responsibility to maintain the crosswalk. The Department
					 will also review these actions by post audit using as its standard of review a
					 set of functional job categories and their corresponding salary
					 levels.
(c) The Department will
					 participate in the costs of compensation for employees of agencies funded on a
					 unit of service basis. The Department will participate in compensation for the
					 chief executive officers of these agencies up to the combined salaries and
					 benefits approved for these positions. A chief executive officer reimbursement
					 grid methodology will be used to determine eligible salaries. It classifies
					 agencies according to total expenditures, and as multiple or single service
					 providers. Multiple service providers are those providers for which counties
					 reported expenditures of at least $100,000 in at least two cost centers. Single
					 service providers are those providers for which counties reported expenditures
					 of at least $100,000 in a single cost center. Total provider expenditures and
					 expenditures by cost center will be based on annual county program income and
					 expenditure reports submitted by counties under §
											4300.133 (relating to financial
					 reporting requirements) and the cost reports submitted to the Department by
					 intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability.
					 The Department will entertain waiver requests submitted under §
											4300.11 (relating to waivers) to
					 include other expenditures, not normally reported to the Department, for
					 classifying agencies.
(1) The reimbursement
					 grid is as follows:
Pay
								  Range
Multiple Service
								  Providers
Single Service Providers
# 54
$7,000,000
# 53
$7,000,000
# 52
$5,000,000
# 51
$5,000,000
# 50
$3,000,000
# 49
$3,000,000
# 48
$1,000,000
# 47
$1,000,000
# 46
$ 500,000
# 45
$ 500,000
# 44
$ 300,000
# 43
$ 300,000
# 42
# 41
$ 100,000
(2) The salary corresponding to a pay range
					 which is eligible for reimbursement by the Department shall be based on the
					 Commonwealth schedule of salaries for its management employes.