# Pennsylvania DHS to Disclose HealthChoices Proposals

On November 9, 2026, Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records ruled that proposals submitted for the cancelled Community HealthChoices Request for Applications No. 31-22 are no longer protected from disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law’s procurement exemption. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services must release the proposals within 30 days, with redactions for trade secrets and confidential proprietary information. The solicitation was cancelled in April 2026; plans to rebid do not preserve the exemption unless the solicitation is actually reissued. As of November 10, the disclosure period is underway.

- Bidders should anticipate public access to their submitted proposals after a solicitation is cancelled and identify material that qualifies for trade-secret or confidential proprietary redaction.
- For procurement teams, the ruling highlights that an intended rebid alone does not maintain the procurement exemption; cancellation and reissuance status can affect disclosure obligations.
- The affected bidders are Aetna Better Health, Health Partners Plans, PA Health & Wellness, UPMC for You, and Vista Health Plan.

**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 (bidder)
- Health Partners Plans (bidder)
- PA Health & Wellness (bidder)
- UPMC for You (bidder)
- Vista Health Plan (bidder)

### Sources
- [Every Right-to-Know request runs on a clock. OOR: once DHS cancelled the Community HealthChoices solicitation, the proposals lost their 708(b)(26) protection.

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