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Assembly Bill A5776

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for supplemental indigent care payments to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers

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2009-A5776 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2807-p, Pub Health L

2009-A5776 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for supplemental indigent care payments to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers; established criteria for eligibility and allocations; sets amounts for time periods.

2009-A5776 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5776

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRODSKY, GOTTFRIED, CANESTRARI, GLICK, LIFTON,
  PAULIN, PHEFFER, CHRISTENSEN, BRADLEY, GALEF, PRETLOW -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to supplemental indi-
  gent care allocations to high-need diagnostic and treatment centers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  2807-p  of  the  public health law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 4-d to read as follows:
  4-D.  (A) FOR PERIODS ON AND AFTER  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE,
FUNDS  SHALL  BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS FOR PAYMENTS TO
ELIGIBLE VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT  DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT  CENTERS  THAT
DEMONSTRATE THAT A MINIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL CLINIC VISITS
REPORTED  DURING THE APPLICABLE BASE YEAR PERIOD WERE TO UNINSURED INDI-
VIDUALS:
  (I) FOR THE PERIOD JULY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE  THROUGH  DECEMBER
THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, THREE MILLION DOLLARS;
  (II)  FOR  THE PERIOD JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN THROUGH DECEMBER
THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, SIX MILLION DOLLARS; AND
  (III) FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN  THROUGH  JUNE
THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
  (B)  FUNDS  ALLOCATED FOR PAYMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION
SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: THE AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED TO A  DIAGNOSTIC
AND  TREATMENT  CENTER ELIGIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION
SHALL BE BASED ON SUCH DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT  CENTER'S  UNCOMPENSATED
NOMINAL NEED COMPARED TO THE AGGREGATE UNCOMPENSATED NOMINAL NEED OF ALL
DIAGNOSTIC  AND  TREATMENT CENTERS ELIGIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION. UNCOMPENSATED NOMINAL NEED SHALL BE CALCULATED AS THE NOMI-
NAL PAYMENT AMOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH  PARA-
GRAPH  (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION  LESS THE AGGREGATE
PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY SUCH CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)
OF PARAGRAPH (A) AND PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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