S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 20, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring safety
net hospitals to submit an annual plan for increasing revenue
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2807 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
22. (A) ANY HOSPITAL DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A SAFETY NET
HOSPITAL SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL PLAN TO THE DEPARTMENT OUTLINING
PROPOSED POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO GENERATE OR INCREASE REVENUE, AND SHALL
SUBMIT FOLLOW UP REPORTS ANNUALLY TO DOCUMENT PROGRESS TOWARDS ESTAB-
LISHED GOALS. SUCH POLICIES AND ACTIONS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO, PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT MORE PATIENTS WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE, METHODS OF
RETAINING PATIENTS WHO GO FROM MEDICAID TO PRIVATE INSURANCE, OFFERING
PROFITABLE PROCEDURES, ENROLLING ELIGIBLE PATIENTS IN MEDICAID, COLLECT-
ING PAYMENTS FROM PATIENTS WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY, AND DEVELOPING UNDERU-
TILIZED LAND IN THE HOSPITAL'S POSSESSION.
(B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "SAFETY NET HOSPITAL" SHALL
MEAN:
(I) A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL OR SOLE COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL; OR
(II) (A) AT LEAST THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL PATIENT VOLUME IN THEIR
OUTPATIENT LINES OF BUSINESS ARE MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND DUAL ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS, OR (B) AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF INPATIENT TREATMENT ARE
MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS; OR
(III) SERVING AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF ALL MEDICAID, UNINSURED AND
DUAL ELIGIBLE MEMBERS IN A COUNTY OR MULTI-COUNTY COMMUNITY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14930-01-4
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