S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10688
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing one or
more demonstration projects that permit a managed long-term care plan
to enroll persons that are permanently placed in a nursing home and to
manage the nursing home benefit in one or more rural areas
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 4403-f of the
public health law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (v-e) to read
as follows:
(V-E) NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE THIRTEEN OF SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL AUTHORIZE ONE OR MORE DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS THAT PERMIT A MANAGED LONG-TERM CARE PLAN TO ENROLL PERSONS
THAT ARE PERMANENTLY PLACED IN A NURSING HOME AND TO MANAGE THE NURSING
HOME BENEFIT IN ONE OR MORE RURAL AREAS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH PLAN SHALL
BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO OPERATE UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH IN ONE
OR MORE SUCH RURAL AREAS, IN ORDER TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANAGED
CARE MODELS IN ASSISTING PERMANENTLY-PLACED NURSING HOME RESIDENTS TO
RETURN TO COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS. NOTHING IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL
MODIFY OR ALTER ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION FOR PLANS AUTHORIZED TO
ENROLL PERSONS UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 4403-f of
the public health law made by section one of this act shall not affect
the expiration of such paragraph pursuant to subdivision (i) of section
111 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011, as amended, and shall
be deemed to expire therewith; provided, further, that the amendments to
section 4403-f of the public health law made by section one of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section pursuant to chapter 659 of
the laws of 1997, as amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15646-02-8
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