Assembly Bill A1556

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the Westchester Medical Center's assignation to a certain peer group

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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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2017-A1556 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2807-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1646
2011-2012: A4159
2013-2014: A4048
2015-2016: A322
2019-2020: A2869

2017-A1556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the Westchester Medical Center's assignation to a certain peer group.

2017-A1556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1556
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  general  hospital
   inpatient reimbursement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2807-c of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  OR  ANY
 OTHER INCONSISTENT LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, AND EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  THE  GENERAL HOSPITAL KNOWN AS THE WESTCHESTER
 MEDICAL CENTER OPERATED BY THE WESTCHESTER  COUNTY  HEALTH  CARE  CORPO-
 RATION  SHALL  BE ASSIGNED TO THE SAME PEER GROUP OF MAJOR PUBLIC HOSPI-
 TALS AS THE GENERAL HOSPITALS OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY  HEALTH  AND
 HOSPITALS CORPORATION FOR ALL THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03278-01-7

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