Assembly Bill A7230

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the primary care reform commission

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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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2021-A7230 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 29-AA Art Head, add §2959-b, Pub Health L

2021-A7230 - Summary

Establishes the primary care reform commission to review, examine, and make findings on the level of primary care spending by all payers in the context of all health care spending in the state and publish an annual report on the findings, and also make recommendations to increase and strengthen spending on primary care in the state and improve primary care infrastructure, taking care to avoid increasing costs to patients or the total cost of health care.

2021-A7230 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7230
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   primary care reform commission
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The article heading of article 29-AA of the  public  health
 law, as added by section 35 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011,
 is amended to read as follows:
              PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES AND PRIMARY CARE
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2959-b
 to read as follows:
   § 2959-B. PRIMARY CARE REFORM COMMISSION.  1.  (A)  COMMISSION  ESTAB-
 LISHED.  THE PRIMARY CARE REFORM COMMISSION, REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION
 AS THE "COMMISSION",  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT.  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL  REVIEW,  EXAMINE,  AND  MAKE FINDINGS ON THE LEVEL OF
 PRIMARY CARE SPENDING BY ALL PAYERS IN THE CONTEXT OF  ALL  HEALTH  CARE
 SPENDING  IN  THE STATE, AND SHALL PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE FIND-
 INGS. THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  INCREASE  AND
 STRENGTHEN  SPENDING  ON PRIMARY CARE IN THE STATE, TAKING CARE TO AVOID
 INCREASING COSTS TO PATIENTS OR THE TOTAL COST OF HEALTH CARE.
   (B) COMPOSITION AND POWERS. (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF:
   (1) THE COMMISSIONER AND  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 FINANCIAL  SERVICES,  WHO  MAY BE REPRESENTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIG-
 NEES;
   (2) FOUR MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; AND
   (3) TEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR  AS  FOLLOWS:  FOUR  ON  THE
 RECOMMENDATION  OF  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, FOUR ON THE RECOMMENDA-
 TION OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, ONE ON THE RECOMMENDATION
 OF THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND ONE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF
 THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A7230A - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 29-AA Art Head, add §2959-b, Pub Health L

2021-A7230A - Summary

Establishes the primary care reform commission to review, examine, and make findings on the level of primary care spending by all payers in the context of all health care spending in the state and publish an annual report on the findings, and also make recommendations to increase and strengthen spending on primary care in the state and improve primary care infrastructure, taking care to avoid increasing costs to patients or the total cost of health care.

2021-A7230A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7230--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, DINOWITZ, BRAUNSTEIN, McDONALD
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
   the  Committee  on  Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
   sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   primary care reform commission
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The article heading of article 29-AA of the public health
 law, as added by section 35 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011,
 is amended to read as follows:
              PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES AND PRIMARY CARE
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2959-b
 to read as follows:
   §  2959-B.  PRIMARY  CARE  REFORM COMMISSION. 1. (A) COMMISSION ESTAB-
 LISHED. THE PRIMARY CARE REFORM COMMISSION, REFERRED TO IN THIS  SECTION
 AS  THE  "COMMISSION",  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE DEPARTMENT. THE
 COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW, EXAMINE, AND MAKE  FINDINGS  ON  THE  LEVEL  OF
 PRIMARY  CARE  SPENDING  BY ALL PAYERS IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL HEALTH CARE
 SPENDING IN THE STATE, AND SHALL PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT ON  THE  FIND-
 INGS.  THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE SPEND-
 ING ON PRIMARY CARE AND STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE  INFRASTRUCTURE  IN  THE
 STATE,  TAKING  CARE  TO AVOID INCREASING COSTS TO PATIENTS OR THE TOTAL
 COST OF HEALTH CARE.
   (B) COMPOSITION AND POWERS. (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF:
   (1) THE COMMISSIONER AND  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 FINANCIAL  SERVICES,  WHO  MAY BE REPRESENTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIG-
 NEES;
   (2) SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10879-04-1
 A. 7230--A                          2
              

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2021-A7230B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 29-AA Art Head, add §2959-b, Pub Health L

2021-A7230B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the primary care reform commission to review, examine, and make findings on the level of primary care spending by all payers in the context of all health care spending in the state and publish an annual report on the findings, and also make recommendations to increase and strengthen spending on primary care in the state and improve primary care infrastructure, taking care to avoid increasing costs to patients or the total cost of health care.

2021-A7230B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7230--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, DINOWITZ, BRAUNSTEIN, McDO-
   NALD, THIELE, STIRPE, SIMON, STECK, FERNANDEZ, SOLAGES,  L. ROSENTHAL,
   SEAWRIGHT,  GLICK,  BRONSON,  JEAN-PIERRE,  COLTON  --  read  once and
   referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   primary care reform commission
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The article heading of article 29-AA of the public health
 law, as added by section 35 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011,
 is amended to read as follows:
              PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES AND PRIMARY CARE
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2959-b
 to read as follows:
   §  2959-B.  PRIMARY  CARE  REFORM COMMISSION. 1. (A) COMMISSION ESTAB-
 LISHED. THE PRIMARY CARE REFORM COMMISSION, REFERRED TO IN THIS  SECTION
 AS  THE  "COMMISSION",  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE DEPARTMENT. THE
 COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW, EXAMINE, AND MAKE  FINDINGS  ON  THE  LEVEL  OF
 PRIMARY  CARE  SPENDING  BY ALL PAYERS IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL HEALTH CARE
 SPENDING IN THE STATE, AND SHALL PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT ON  THE  FIND-
 INGS.  THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE SPEND-
 ING ON PRIMARY CARE AND STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE  INFRASTRUCTURE  IN  THE
 STATE,  TAKING  CARE  TO AVOID INCREASING COSTS TO PATIENTS OR THE TOTAL
 COST OF HEALTH CARE.
   (B) COMPOSITION AND POWERS. (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10879-06-2
 A. 7230--B                          2
 
              

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