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Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay on OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard

Dec 21, 2021

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Message from Gibbel Kraybill & Hess LLP:

On Friday evening, the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS states that any employer with more than 100 employees must require its employees to either show proof of a COVID vaccination or submit to weekly testing and mask at all times when indoors. In the absence of a Supreme Court ruling to the contrary, the ETS will go into effect, and employers will be required to adhere to its standards. Read the article here.

GKH attorneys are closely monitoring the COVID-19 crisis and will continue to post updates and resources for individuals and businesses.

View Resources Here

ODP Notification of One-time Payment Processing

Dec 20, 2021

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A message from ODP to ODP Providers:

As referenced in ODP Announcement ODPANN 21-086, ODP will be processing payments for providers who submitted attestations by December 17, 2021 during the week of December 20, 2021. Providers may confirm that their attestation has been received by reviewing this listing of MPIs. If your MPI is included on this list, ODP will be processing the payment. If your MPI is not on this list and you believe you submitted an attestation prior to December 17, please contact Rick Smith at riesmit@pa.gov.

If there is an ‘X’ in the column labeled “As Requested,” your payment will be consistent with the amount you requested. If there is an ‘X’ in the ‘Maximum Exceeded’ column, your payment will be less than you requested. Providers who requested significantly more than they were eligible to receive have already been contacted. If your requested amount was within a few percentage points of what ODP data shows, you would not have been contacted and will be paid according to ODP data.

Please note that outstanding receivables over 30 days will be deducted from the amount and these payments will be made via Gross Adjustment to the highest billing service location. For providers who qualify for this payment and have not yet submitted an attestation, ODP will process the next batch of payments for attestations received by December 31, 2021.

Rick Smith l Director
PA Department of Human Services l Office of Developmental Programs
Bureau of Financial Management and Program Support
625 Forster Street Room 412 l Harrisburg, PA 17120
717.783.4873
www.dhs.pa.gov www.myodp.org

ODP January External Training Calendar Now Available

Dec 17, 2021

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21st Century Jobs – What COVID-19 Has Done to the Workforce: Webinar Materials

Dec 17, 2021

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Jeannine Pavlak of New England Business Associates presented a webinar on 12-16-21 to RCPA members. The recording is available on the RCPA website, as is the PowerPoint presentation.

NCI Family Surveys COVID-19 Supplement — National Report Special Edition

Dec 17, 2021

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National Core Indicators®-IDD: NCI Family Surveys COVID-19 Supplement — National Report Special Edition

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NCI-IDD added a state-optional COVID-19 Supplement to all NCI-IDD Surveys. The COVID-19 Supplement is intended to support the understanding of the experience of people with disabilities and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as their interactions with services during that time. Data was collected between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.

This Special Edition Report shows individual state and overall national outcomes for the NCI-IDD COVID-19 Supplement questions. You can see the report here.

ODP ARPA Spending Plan Overview

Dec 17, 2021

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On December 9, 2021, Deputy Secretary Ahrens presented an overview of the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) ARPA spending plan. The recording and PowerPoint presentation from the webinar are accessible here. You will need to sign into MyODP in order to access the information.