| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 12, 2016 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7718
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2015-S7718 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7718 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7718
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to Medicaid
providers eligible for access funding under the vital access provider
program
PURPOSE :
To expand access to capital and operational funding made available to
certain Medicaid providers.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 amends PHL § 2826 to add assisted living program providers
to the list of Medicaid provider types that are eligible to receive
temporary adjustment to the non-capital components of rates, or
temporary lump-sum Medicaid payments under the VAP program.
Section 2 amends PHL § 2826 to add assisted living program providers
to the list of Medicaid provider types included in the definition of
providers serving rural areas.
Section 3 of the bill provides an immediate effective date.
2015-S7718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7718
I N S E N A T E
May 12, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 Medicaid providers
eligible for access funding under the vital access provider program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 2826 of the public health law,
as added by section 27 of part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, within funds
appropriated and subject to the availability of federal financial
participation, the commissioner may grant approval of a temporary
adjustment to the non-capital components of rates, or make temporary
lump-sum Medicaid payments, to eligible general hospitals, skilled nurs-
ing facilities, clinics [and], home care providers, AND ASSISTED LIVING
PROGRAMS, provided however, that should federal financial participation
not be available for any eligible provider, then payments pursuant to
this subdivision may be made as grants and shall not be deemed to be
medical assistance payments.
S 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision (f) of section 2826 of the public
health law, as added by section 14 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(i) Providers serving rural areas as such term is defined in section
two thousand nine hundred fifty-one of this chapter, including but not
limited to hospitals, residential health care facilities, diagnostic and
treatment centers, ambulatory surgery centers [and] , clinics AND
ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS shall be eligible for enhanced payments or
reimbursement under a supplemental rate methodology for the purpose of
promoting access and improving the quality of care.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15437-01-6
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