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Assembly Bill A2219

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to payments under managed long term care plans for home care services

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2013-A2219 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1118
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4403-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A10479, S7141

2013-A2219 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to payments under managed long term care plans for home care services; requires certain funds to pass through directly to subcontracting agency and requires payments to reflect increased transportation costs.

2013-A2219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2219

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to payments under
  managed long term care plans for home care services

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

  Section  1.  Section  4403-f  of  the  public health law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12. PAYMENTS TO THOSE AGENCIES  CERTIFIED  AND  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO
ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER PROVIDING DIRECT CARE SERVICES TO THE
ENROLLED POPULATION SHALL BE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE COST OF PROVIDING
EFFICIENT,  CONSISTENT AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE PLAN OF
CARE AND SHALL, IN ADDITION, INCORPORATE THE AMOUNT OF ANY  LABOR  COSTS
ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN-C OF THIS CHAPTER
AND ANY RECRUITMENT AND  RETENTION  FUNDS  MADE  AVAILABLE  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER; PROVIDED FURTHER,
SUCH AMOUNTS SHALL BE PASSED DIRECTLY THROUGH TO  THE  AGENCY  PROVIDING
SUCH  DIRECT  CARE SERVICES IF SUCH SERVICES ARE SUBCONTRACTED. IN ADDI-
TION, SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL REFLECT AND ADJUST ANNUALLY FOR ANY  INCREASED
COSTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF DIRECT CARE WORKERS TO AND FROM PATIENTS'
RESIDENCES  RELATED  TO  INCREASED  FUEL  COSTS AND/OR TRANSPORTATION AS
REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
ments  to section 4403-f of the public health law made by section one of
this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and  shall  expire
and be deemed repealed therewith.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02295-01-3

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