Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 24, 2014 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7081
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2013-S7081 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2807-s, Pub Health L
2013-S7081 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7081 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region PURPOSE: This bill would facilitate health improvement in the Rochester region by funding regional health improvement projects and by providing a stable source of graduate medical education funding to ensure and maintain the adequate supply of physicians to provide care in the region. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: All health insurers and self-insured employers currently pay what are called "covered lives assessments" (CLA). These are monthly payments based on the number of insured persons residing within each region of the State. The existing CLA process funds a number of important health financing objectives. This bill would incorporate two additional program areas in the Rochester region only that have been deemed by healthcare stakeholders in the region to be a priority. The CLA assessments already vary in amount by region and the proposed adjustment would affect only insurers and self-insured plans for their covered persons in the Rochester region. Most of the increased funding for graduate medical education would be offset by decreases in hospital rates to the insurers and plans: the increased costs to insurers would $17 per year for an individual and $58 per year for a family. The bill is supported by a broad coalition of business groups, the two largest health insurers and the hospitals
2013-S7081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7081 I N S E N A T E April 24, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2807-s of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: (G) A FURTHER GROSS ANNUAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THE ROCHESTER REGION BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION DOLLARS. FOR CALENDAR YEARS TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THAT AMOUNT SHALL BE INDEXED FOR STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE INFLATION IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM ALL COMPUTATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-T OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. Subdivision 7 of section 2807-s of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: (D)(A) FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE ROCHESTER REGION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO A ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZA- TION FOR USE IN FUNDING REGIONAL HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL DISBURSE THOSE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, OR PURSUANT TO GRANTS MADE BY THE ORGAN- IZATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH. DISTRIBUTION OF ANY GRANT FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL BE PURSUANT TO A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. THE REGIONAL HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT GRANT FUND PROJECTS SHALL INCLUDE THREE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR A SHARED COMMUNITY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED ON THE BASIS OF COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY-WIDE PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARI- TIES, HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO GENERATE MATCHING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF GRANTS, DONATIONS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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