§ 35.205. Contents of proposed reports.
Proposed reports shall include a statement of (1) findings and conclusions, as well as the reasons or basis therefor, upon all the material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented on the record, and (2) the appropriate regulation, order, sanction, relief, or denial thereof. There shall be stated all facts officially noticed under § 35.173 (relating to official notice of facts), relied upon in the decision.
Notes of Decisions Where a Medicare provider hearing is conducted by a hearing attorney designated by the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare, the finder of fact is the Director of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, not the hearing attorney; to the extent inconsistent, the decisions in Klingerman Nursing Center, Inc. v. Department of Public Welfare, 458 A.2d 653 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1983) and Temple University v. Department of Public Welfare, 480 A.2d 1267 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1984) are specifically overruled. Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry v. Department of Public Welfare, 513 A.2d 495 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1986).
If the proposed report contains no recommended resolution to the matter, but only orders additional hearings, the Commission may properly return the matter to the administrative law judge with the direction to conduct further hearings, if necessary, or to resolve the issues and to present them to the Commission for its final determination. Hillman Coal and Coke Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 433 A.2d 634 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1981).
Cross References This section cited in 4 Pa. Code § 265.2 (relating to level I review); 4 Pa. Code § 607a.20 (relating to proposed decision and order); 12 Pa. Code § 11.14 (relating to presiding officer); 22 Pa. Code § 121.9 (relating to administrative loan collection review procedures); 22 Pa. Code § 121.10 (relating to administrative wage garnishment procedures for Federal loans); 22 Pa. Code § 201.4a (relating to adjudicatory benefit appeal and request for administrative hearing); 22 Pa. Code § 201.11 (relating to proposed opinion and recommendation); 22 Pa. Code § 351.1 (relating to purpose and scope); 28 Pa. Code § 1113.3 (relating to adjudication and order); 31 Pa. Code § 56.1 (relating to applicability of general rules); 31 Pa. Code § 56.2 (relating to adjudication procedure); 34 Pa. Code § 3a.9 (relating to suspension or revocation of Pennsylvania inspector commission); 34 Pa. Code § 111.18 (relating to decisions of the Board); 34 Pa. Code § 131.60 (relating to resolution hearings); 34 Pa. Code § 131.111 (relating to decisions of judges); 34 Pa. Code § 401.14 (relating to decertification or refusal to certify); 34 Pa. Code § 501.8 (relating to hearings/appeals); 37 Pa. Code § 21.61 (relating to hearing examiner’s recommendation); 49 Pa. Code § 31.103 (relating to applicability of other laws and rules); 49 Pa. Code § 31.115 (relating to disciplinary sanctions); 49 Pa. Code § 37.83 (relating to hearing examiners); 52 Pa. Code § 5.531 (relating to certification of record without decision); 52 Pa. Code § 1005.202 (relating to certification of record without decision); 55 Pa. Code § 41.191 (relating to determinations and recommendations by the Bureau); 58 Pa. Code § 51.28 (relating to report of the presiding officer); 58 Pa. Code § 51.108 (relating to report of the presiding officer); 58 Pa. Code § 494a.4 (relating to report or recommendation of the presiding officer); 61 Pa. Code § 703.5 (relating to other submissions); and 67 Pa. Code § 491.11 (relating to proposed report).
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