Assembly Bill A7678

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7678 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3369
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Appropriations
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8618, S6237
2015-2016: A3817, S3255
2019-2020: A1571, S2110
2021-2022: A605, S5145
2023-2024: S4576

2017-A7678 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of remaining open and providing services to the community during and after Hurricane Sandy.

2017-A7678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7678
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, TITUS, COOK, BLAKE, D'URSO, ORTIZ,
   HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT making an appropriation to reimburse St. John's Episcopal Hospi-
   tal in Far Rockaway for costs incurred as a result of  remaining  open
   and  providing  services  to  the community during and after Hurricane
   Sandy
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that St. John's
 Episcopal  Hospital,  located  in Far Rockaway, in the county of Queens,
 remained open and provided services to the community  during  and  after
 the  storms, rains, or floods which occurred during the period beginning
 on October 29, 2012 and ending November  3,  2012  known  as  "Hurricane
 Sandy."  As  a  result  of  remaining open and providing services to the
 community during Hurricane Sandy, St. John's Episcopal Hospital incurred
 many additional expenses and losses, including, but not limited to:
   a. uncompensated care that does not meet DMS/HHS  criteria  for  acute
 care  reimbursement,  including  providing  care  for patients requiring
 dialysis or a ventilator who do not have a residence, nursing  home,  or
 adult home to return to;
   b.  providing  shelter, clothing, and meals to residents and staff who
 lost homes or were temporarily unable to return to their residences. St.
 John's Episcopal Hospital provided more than 2,000 meals a  day  between
 October 28, 2012 and November 12, 2012;
   c. lost revenue due to cancelled surgery and ambulatory services;
   d.  lost  revenue due to the detoxification unit being closed in order
 to provide shelter services;
   e. additional staffing and overtime expenditures;
   f. electrical technician services, the operation  of  back-up  genera-
 tors, and fuel costs for the generators.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01307-01-7
              

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