Assembly Bill A8935

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requiring specific reserved bed days for veterans, spouses of veterans, widows of veterans, Gold Star Parents and their dependents who are cared for at the New York State Veterans' 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-A8935 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7224
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2808, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6551, S2238

2019-A8935 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring specific reserved bed days for veterans, spouses of veterans, widows of veterans, Gold Star Parents and their dependents who are cared for at the New York State Veterans' Homes.

2019-A8935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8935
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 2, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring specific
   reserved bed days for veterans, spouses of veterans, widows of  veter-
   ans,  Gold  Star Parents and their dependents who are cared for at the
   New York State Veterans' Homes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 25 of section 2808 of the public health law, as
 amended  by  section  2  of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   25. Reserved bed  days.  (a)  For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  a
 "reserved  bed  day"  is  a  day for which a governmental agency pays OR
 OTHERWISE REQUIRES a residential health care facility to reserve  a  bed
 for a person eligible for medical assistance pursuant to title eleven of
 article  five  of the social services law while he or she is TEMPORARILY
 HOSPITALIZED OR on therapeutic leave of absence from the facility.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section or any  other
 law  or  regulation  to  the contrary, for reserved bed days provided on
 behalf of persons twenty-one years of age or older:
   (i) payments for reserved  bed  days  shall  be  made  at  ninety-five
 percent  of  the  Medicaid  rate  otherwise  payable to the facility for
 services provided on behalf of such person; and
   (ii) payment to a facility for reserved bed days provided on behalf of
 such person for therapeutic leaves of absence may not exceed ten days in
 any twelve month period.
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR  ANY  OTHER
 LAW  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS, SPOUSES OF
 VETERANS, WIDOWS OF VETERANS, GOLD STAR PARENTS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO
 ARE CARED FOR AT THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' HOME AT  OXFORD,  THE  NEW
 YORK  STATE  VETERANS' HOME AT ST.  ALBANS, THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS'
 HOME AT BATAVIA, THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' HOME AT MONTROSE  AND  THE
 LONG  ISLAND  STATE  VETERANS'  HOME  SUCH  FACILITIES SHALL ESTABLISH A
 RESERVE BED DAY POLICY NOT TO EXCEED TEN DAYS IN ANY TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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