Assembly Bill A10697

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes payments to home health agencies for the provision of nurse practitioner services

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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-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7763
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3614, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A3975

2015-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes payments to home health agencies for the provision of nurse practitioner services.

2015-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10697

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried)
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to nurse practitioner
  services provided by home care agencies

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

  Section  1. Section 3614 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 3-d to read as follow:
  3-D. HOME CARE-PRIMARY CARE INITIATIVE.  THE COMMISSIONER, SUBJECT  TO
THE  APPROVAL  OF  THE  DIRECTOR  OF THE BUDGET, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  RULES  AND
REGULATIONS,  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  ADJUST  OR TO APPROVE SPECIAL RATES OF
PAYMENT FOR  REIMBURSEMENT  PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  AND  SECTION
FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  THREE-F  OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE PROVISION OF NURSE
PRACTITIONER SERVICES THROUGH HOME CARE AGENCIES UNDER A HOME  CARE-PRI-
MARY  CARE  INITIATIVE.  SUCH  INITIATIVE  SHALL  BE FOR THE PURPOSES OF
PROVIDING OR ENHANCING PRIMARY CARE TO  HOME  CARE  PATIENTS,  INCLUDING
HOUSE-CALLS  TO  PATIENTS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND OR WHEN IN-HOME PRIMARY CARE
WOULD OTHERWISE FACILITATE ACCESS,  QUALITY  AND  COST-EFFECTIVENESS  OF
CARE,  INCLUDING  OVERCOMING  GEOGRAPHIC  RURAL/INNER-CITY  BARRIERS  TO
PRIMARY CARE. SUCH INITIATIVE SHALL ALSO TARGET PREVENTION OF  AVOIDABLE
HOSPITALIZATIONS,  REHOSPITALIZATIONS, EMERGENCY ROOM NEED AND LONG TERM
INSTITUTIONALIZATION.
  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES  OF  HOME  CARE
AGENCIES  AND MANAGED LONG TERM CARE PLANS, SHALL ESTABLISH CRITERIA AND
PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15448-01-6

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