# Pennsylvania OOR Orders Proposal Disclosure

On November 9, 2026, Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ordered the Department of Human Services to release proposals submitted for the cancelled Community HealthChoices Request for Applications, RFA No. 31-22, within 30 days, with confidential proprietary information and trade secrets redacted. The determination indicates that plans to reissue the work or collect RFI responses generally do not preserve the proposal exemption after cancellation. For agencies and bidders, the decision underscores the need to prepare for proposal disclosure when a solicitation ends and to support any requested redactions with specific evidence.

- Bidders should identify and substantiate the proprietary or trade-secret portions of proposals they seek to redact; a general confidentiality claim may not be sufficient.
- Agencies handling cancelled procurements should plan for potential release of submitted proposals and apply redactions to qualifying information.
- The ruling concerns five managed-care proposals submitted under RFA No. 31-22, including those from Aetna Better Health, Health Partners Plans, PA Health & Wellness, UPMC for You, and UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Healthcare
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** November 10, 2026

### Government Entities
- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS)
- Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR)

### Vendors
- Aetna Better Health (Proposal submitter)
- Health Partners Plans (Proposal submitter)
- PA Health & Wellness (Proposal submitter)
- UPMC for You (Proposal submitter)
- UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania (Proposal submitter)

### Sources
- [A cancelled solicitation generally ends Section 708(b)(26) protection. Lawrence Sher and Winston Taylor, LLP v. DHS on Community HealthChoices proposals. https://t.co/7GgAYqhqsP Not legal advice. https://t.co/cPVPp576c9](https://x.com/ChadwickSchnee/status/2120158964700594482) - twitter-agency