Bureau of Health and Nursing Services; Family

Planning Program Fees.

(a)The Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) Bureau of Family Health and Nursing Services (BFHNS) shall promulgate the required fee schedule for health services provided by the Family Planning

(FP)Program, in accordance with the Administrative Adjudication Law, and as may be required for continuing qualification and compliance for grants-in-aid federally funded by Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300, et seq., and other funding sources. The fee schedule shall be based on the current Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fees, and shall be amended as necessary to maintain continuing compliance.

(b)Interim Fee Schedule; Adoption. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the promulgated fee schedule of the Regional Community Health Centers of the Department of Public Health and Social Services shall be applicable and shall be assessed for health care services CH. 3. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES provided to clients of the FP Program until such time as a fee schedule has been duly promulgated specifically for the services provided by the FP Program. In the event there is any difference between the Regional Community Health Centers fee schedule and the current fee schedule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, then the fee schedule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall be utilized.