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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S694
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S694 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7304
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2807-p, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S7663, A10498
2019-2020: A6228
2017-S694 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S694 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to funding for free-standing mental health clinics PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To remove the requirement that Article 31 Mental Health Clinics receive Federal funding, in order to be eligible for State funding. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends 2807-p of the public health law to remove the requirement that article 31 mental health clinics must meet federal participation in order to receive state funding. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : The Bill would amend section 2807-p of the public health law to remove the requirement, unique to article 31 mental health clinics, that federal participation must be provided for such clinics to be paid state funding owed to them for uncompensated care rendered. Under a formula developed in 2010, the State's Mental Health Clinics
2017-S694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 694 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to funding for free- standing mental health clinics THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 2807-p of the public health law, as added by section 103 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 10. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section or any other contrary provision of law, the commissioner is authorized to seek a waiver from the federal department of health and human services pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social securi- ty act, or such other federal law provision as may be deemed appropri- ate, seeking federal financial participation in payments made pursuant to this section, in which case the state funding made available pursuant to this section shall be utilized as the non-federal share of such payments. To the extent as may be required, payments made pursuant to this section and in accordance with this subdivision, may be deemed to be disproportionate share hospital payments in accordance with the provisions of the federal social security act. (b) [If federal financial participation in payments made pursuant to this section are made available in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision, free-standing] FREE-STANDING clinics licensed solely pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law shall also be deemed eligible for participation in such payments to the same degree and in accordance with the same distribution methodology otherwise provided in this section, provided, however, that only those units of service provided by such free-standing clinics that constitute medical services that are otherwise eligible for consideration for Medicaid payments shall be reflected in distributions made pursuant to this EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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