Assembly Bill A3899

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to applying a special Medicaid rate for releasees in nursing homes

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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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2019-A3899 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2664
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2808, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8068
2021-2022: S2964
2023-2024: S3317

2019-A3899 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to applying a special Medicaid rate for releasees in facilities or discrete units within facilities that provide long term nursing or medical services.

2019-A3899 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3899
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to applying a special
   Medicaid rate for releasees in nursing homes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2-b of  section  2808  of  the
 public  health  law,  as added by section 47 of part C of chapter 109 of
 the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) For rate periods subsequent to two  thousand  nine  which  utilize
 reported  costs  from  a  base  year subsequent to two thousand two, the
 following categories of facilities, as established pursuant to  applica-
 ble  regulations,  shall receive rates that are no less than equivalent,
 as determined by the commissioner, to the rates that were in effect  for
 such  facilities  on  December  thirty-first,  two thousand six, trended
 forward for inflation to the applicable rate period: (A) AIDS facilities
 or discrete AIDS units within facilities, (B) discrete units  for  resi-
 dents receiving care in a long term inpatient rehabilitation program for
 traumatic brain injured persons, (C) discrete units for long term venti-
 lator  dependent  residents,  (D)  discrete  units providing specialized
 programs for residents requiring  behavioral  interventions,  [and]  (E)
 facilities  or  discrete  units within facilities that provide extensive
 nursing, medical, psychological and counseling support  services  solely
 to children, AND (F) FACILITIES OR DISCRETE UNITS WITHIN FACILITIES THAT
 PROVIDE LONG TERM NURSING OR MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PERSONS RETURNING FROM
 INCARCERATION.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 2-c of section 2808 of the public
 health law, as added by section 95 of part H of chapter 59 of  the  laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) The non-capital component of the rates for: (i) AIDS facilities or
 discrete AIDS units within facilities; (ii) discrete units for residents
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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