35 Pa. Stat. § 445.2
The department is hereby authorized to provide home nursing care to those persons living in areas of the Commonwealth in which adequate home nursing care is not available otherwise. For such services the department shall and is hereby authorized to charge fees to individuals to whom it renders such service or to any governmental agency purchasing such service for individuals, except for demonstration and public health program activities.
In order that it may effectively render home nursing care services, the department is authorized to employ the necessary personnel, including nursing and supervisory personnel, and shall have the authority further to purchase equipment and materials necessary to maintain an effective program of home nursing care service.
The department shall, wherever possible, assist and advise nonprofit agencies or associations in the development of a home nursing care program to be carried out by such agencies or associations, and, for that purpose, may enter into agreements with these agencies or associations specifying the type of assistance and advice it will render them.
35 P.S.§ 445.2