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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend part B of chapter 58 of the laws of  2007  amending  the
   elder law and other laws relating to authorizing the adjustment of the
   Medicaid nursing home capital reimbursement cap, in relation to effec-
   tuating  a Medicaid rate enhancement for Valley Health Services of the
   Bassett Healthcare Network
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  19  of  part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007
 amending the elder law  and  other  laws  relating  to  authorizing  the
 adjustment  of  the  Medicaid  nursing home capital reimbursement cap is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  FOR  RATE
 PERIODS  FROM  APRIL  1,  2023  THROUGH  MARCH  31,  2053, VALLEY HEALTH
 SERVICES OF THE BASSETT HEALTHCARE NETWORK SHALL  RECEIVE  FIVE  HUNDRED
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  NET  OF  ANY  AND  ALL  MEDICAID  REIMBURSEMENT RATE
 REDUCTIONS, ANNUALLY, AS A MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE ENHANCEMENT. SUCH
 REIMBURSEMENT RATE ENHANCEMENT SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS  OTHER-
 WISE  REIMBURSABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 2808 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND
 ANY OTHER LAW OR REGULATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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