Assembly Bill A10522

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Makes assisted living programs eligible for access funding under the vital access provider program

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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-A10522 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7718
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2826, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1612
2019-2020: A2906
2021-2022: A1342
2023-2024: A251

2015-A10522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes assisted living programs eligible for access funding under the vital access provider program.

2015-A10522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10522

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred 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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