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Assembly Bill A4473

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Disqualifies providers for receipt of monies for recruitment and retention of non-supervisory workers, when such monies are not provided to home health agencies

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2013-A4473 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3614, add §3614-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A8213

2013-A4473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Disqualifies providers for receipt of monies for the improvement of recruitment and retention of non-supervisory workers providing home health services, when such monies are not provided to the certified home health service agencies employing such workers and providing standards for payment of claims for certain long term care services.

2013-A4473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4473

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOTTFRIED, CAHILL, SWEENEY, JAFFEE, BENEDETTO,
  WEPRIN, GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, LAVINE, SCHIMEL -- read once and  referred
  to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to rate increases
  payable for certified home health  agency  services  for  purposes  of
  improving  recruitment  and  retention  of non-supervisory workers and
  providing standards for settlement of claims for payment  for  certain
  long term care services

  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  8  of
section  3614 of the public health law, as added by section 54 of part J
of chapter 82 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) In the case of  services  provided  by  such  providers  through
contracts  with  licensed  home  care  services agencies, rate increases
received by  such  providers  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall  be
reflected,  consistent  with  the  purposes  of subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph, in either  the  fees  paid  or  benefits  or  other  supports
provided  to  non-supervisory  home  care services workers or any worker
with direct patient care responsibility of such contracted licensed home
care services agencies and such fees, benefits or other  supports  shall
be  proportionate  to  the contracted volume of services attributable to
each contracted agency AND  SUCH  RATE  INCREASES  SHALL  BE  MADE  UPON
RECEIPT  OF  SUCH  RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FUNDS.  Such agencies shall
submit to providers with  which  they  contract  written  certifications
attesting  that  such  funds  will  be  used  solely for the purposes of
recruitment and retention of non-supervisory home care services  workers
or any worker with direct patient care responsibility and shall maintain
in  their files expenditure plans specifying how such funds will be used
for such purposes.  PROVIDERS SHALL REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER  ANNUALLY
ON  THE  AMOUNT  OF  SUCH FUNDS PROVIDED THROUGH CONTRACTS. SUCH REPORTS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01607-01-3

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