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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S6191
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S6191 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9205
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld §2808 sub 5 ¶(c)
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S2790, A4877
2009-S6191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6191 TITLE OF BILL : An act to repeal paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 2808 of the public health law, relating to rates of payment of residential health care facilities and the withdrawal of equity and the transfer of assets of such facilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To repeal a recently enacted provision of the law that prohibits owners of nursing homes from withdrawing equity from a from a nursing home facility without first obtaining approval from the Commissioner of Health in all cases where the amount of such withdrawal exceeds three percent of the total Medicaid revenues received by such facility during the previous calendar year. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Repeals the recently enacted Public Health Law section 2808 (5) (c) which was added pursuant to Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2009 JUSTIFICATION : Operators of nursing homes often need to pay quarterly estimates of their state and federal income taxes or make other payments to satisfy existing tax or other obligations. The Commissioner should not be in the position of refusing an operator the right to withdraw their own
2009-S6191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6191 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to repeal paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 2808 of the public health law, relating to rates of payment of residential health care facilities and the withdrawal of equity and the transfer of assets of such facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 2808 of the public health law is REPEALED. S 2. This act shall take effect the day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14781-01-9
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