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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              July 13, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to extending the
  number of days within a twelve month period  a  facility  may  receive
  reimbursement for a reserved bed

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  25  of
section  2808 of the public health law, as added by section 31 of part B
of chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) payment to a facility for reserved bed days provided  on  behalf
of  such person for non-hospitalization leaves of absence may not exceed
ten days in any twelve month period.   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  SHOULD  SUCH
PERSON'S  INDIVIDUAL CARE PLAN PROVIDE FOR THERAPEUTIC LEAVE, PAYMENT TO
A FACILITY FOR RESERVE BED DAYS ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON FOR  NON-HOSPI-
TALIZATION  LEAVES  MAY  NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE DAYS IN ANY TWELVE MONTH
PERIOD.
  S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 25 of  section
2808  of  the  public  health law, as amended by section 69 of part H of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) payment to a facility for reserved bed days provided  on  behalf
of  such person for non-hospitalization leaves of absence may not exceed
ten days in any twelve month period.   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  SHOULD  SUCH
PERSON'S  INDIVIDUAL CARE PLAN PROVIDE FOR THERAPEUTIC LEAVE, PAYMENT TO
A FACILITY FOR RESERVE BED DAYS ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON FOR  NON-HOSPI-
TALIZATION  LEAVES  MAY  NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE DAYS IN ANY TWELVE MONTH
PERIOD; and
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
section 69 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 takes effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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