Assembly Bill A10493

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to reimbursement of transportation services to and from day habilitation programs for people with developmental disabilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A10493 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7678
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.18, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A1082

2015-A10493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, in collaboration with the commissioner of health, to develop a plan for reimbursement of transportation services to and from day habilitation programs for people with developmental disabilities.

2015-A10493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10493

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the reimbursement
  of  transportation  services to and from day habilitation programs for
  people with developmental disabilities

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

  Section  1.  The  legislature finds that reimbursement for day habili-
tation to and from transportation services is implemented and controlled
through a process knows as  "rate  rationalization."  Through  the  rate
rationalization process these funds are provided to licensed day habili-
tation providers to assure that individuals with developmental disabili-
ties  are  safely  transported  within  a reasonable amount of time from
their homes to licensed day habilitation sites.  The  implementation  of
rate  rationalization has lead to widespread complaints that since fund-
ing for transportation to and from day  habilitation  program  sites  is
based  on financial data that is not contemporaneous with current costs,
providers are unable to reduce the length of time traveling to and  from
day habilitation sites. In those situations where providers have reduced
travel  time,  for their day habilitation participants, their costs have
increased, resulting in unreimbursed costs for these services. Compound-
ing this problem, rate rationalization reimbursement is based on  a  per
day  per  person  methodology, which is inconsistent with the many situ-
ations where providers must contract for  transportation  services  paid
for based on a per vehicle per day charge.
  S  2.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 13.18
to read as follows:
S 13.18 TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.
  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
TIES, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP  A
PLAN  TO  ASSURE  THAT  TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT TO PROVIDERS OF DAY
HABILITATION SERVICES FOR TO AND FROM TRANSPORTATION IS BASED ON PROVID-
ER SPECIFIC INDEPENDENTLY CERTIFIED FINANCIAL  DATA  THAT  IS  FROM  THE
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR, IS REIMBURSED TO THE PROVIDER MONTHLY

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

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