Northwestern Youth Services, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Dept. of Public Welfare and Office of Children, PICS Case No. 10-2524 (Pa. Commw. July 23, 2010), Friedman, J. (15 pages).

Petitioners, the providers of out-of-home residential placement services for children, correctly asserted that respondent’s bulletin constituted an unpromulgated regulation because it attempted to impose statewide mandates that did not exist prior to the bulletin’s adoption. Petitioner’s motion for summary judgment granted.