Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Nov 09, 2009 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A9232
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROBINSON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A9232 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A9232 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Exempts monthly assessments due from residential health facilities located in any area designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area or serving a medically underserved population and experiencing a medical assistance utilization rate of eighty-five percent or greater from interest or penalties for any period prior to October 1, 2009.
2009-A9232 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A9232 TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to exempting monthly assessments due from residential health facilities located in any area designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area or serving a medically underserved population and experiencing a medical assistance utilization rate of eighty-five percent or greater from interest or penalties for any period prior to October 1, 2009 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would provide an opportunity for residential health facilities which are otherwise unable to satisfy their obligations to New York State to fulfill their responsibility. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would allow a residential health facility which is located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area or a medically underserved population area and which is paid by Medicaid or Medicare for more than 85% of its patients, to negotiate an agreement with the Commissioner of Health to enter into reasonable payment schedule on all owed taxes and fees, including all accumulated interest and penalties. JUSTIFICATION: The Health Facilities Cash Receipts Assessment requires hospitals and nursing homes to pay an assessment on gross receipts on a monthly basis. This assessment was enacted in 2002 in order to close gaps in the State spending plan.
2009-A9232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9232 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y November 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT in relation to exempting monthly assessments due from residential health facilities located in any area designated as a Health Profes- sional Shortage Area or serving a medically underserved population and experiencing a medical assistance utilization rate of eighty-five percent or greater from interest or penalties for any period prior to October 1, 2009 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, monthly assessments due for any period prior to October 1, 2009, from residential health facilities located in any area designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area or serving a medically under- served population and experiencing a medical assistance utilization rate of eighty-five percent or greater as appropriately reported pursuant to section 2807-d of the public health law on or before December 31, 2009, shall not be subject to interest or penalties as otherwise provided in such section 2807-d; provided, however, that the residential health care facility must either pay such amounts or enter into a repayment agree- ment for said amount with the commissioner of health under terms accept- able to such commissioner on or before March 31, 2010; provided further, however, that with regard to all assessment, interest and penalty amounts collected by the commissioner of health by the effective date of this act the interest and penalty provisions of section 2807-d of the public health law shall remain in full force and effect and such amounts collected shall not be subject to further reconciliation or adjustment. Health Professional Shortage Areas and medically underserved populations shall be established based on designations of areas as such under section 3320(b)(3) of the Federal Public Health Service Act as amended by the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002, Public Law 107-251 and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14990-01-9
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