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Senate Bill S8988A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to hospital compliance with federal hospital price transparency law and rules

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2023-S8988 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5693

2023-S8988 - Summary

Prohibits hospitals from accessing general hospital indigent care pool funds where they are not in compliance with federal hospital price transparency law and rules; requires DOH reporting; authorizes the commissioner of health to allow such facility continued access to the fund under certain conditions.

2023-S8988 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8988 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8988
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  hospital  compli-
   ance with federal hospital price transparency law and rules
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 2805 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT MONTHLY ON HOSPITAL COMPLIANCE
 WITH FEDERAL HOSPITAL PRICE TRANSPARENCY  LAW  AND  RULES.  SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   (B)  EFFECTIVE  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, NO   HOSPITAL
 SHALL ACCESS ANY FUNDS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  SEVEN-K
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  IF  THEY  ARE NOT IN MATERIAL COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL
 PRICE TRANSPARENCY LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS.    THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 ALLOW CONTINUED OPERATION IF SUCH COMMISSIONER DEEMS THE FACILITY ESSEN-
 TIAL AND IS MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PRICE TRANS-
 PARENCY  LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS. SUCH DETERMINATION SHALL BE MADE ON
 A YEARLY BASIS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14044-03-4

2023-S8988A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5693

2023-S8988A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits hospitals from accessing general hospital indigent care pool funds where they are not in compliance with federal hospital price transparency law and rules; requires DOH reporting; authorizes the commissioner of health to allow such facility continued access to the fund under certain conditions.

2023-S8988A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8988A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8988--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital compli-
   ance with federal hospital price transparency law and rules

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2805 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT MONTHLY  ON  HOSPITAL  COMPLIANCE
 WITH  FEDERAL  HOSPITAL  PRICE  TRANSPARENCY LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   (B) EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  NO    HOSPITAL
 SHALL  ACCESS ANY FUNDS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-K
 OF THIS ARTICLE IF THEY ARE NOT  IN  MATERIAL  COMPLIANCE  WITH  FEDERAL
 HOSPITAL PRICE TRANSPARENCY LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS.  THE COMMISSION-
 ER MAY ALLOW CONTINUED ACCESS TO THE FUND IF SUCH COMMISSIONER DEEMS THE
 FACILITY ESSENTIAL AND IS MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH FEDER-
 AL HOSPITAL PRICE TRANSPARENCY LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS. SUCH DETERMI-
 NATION SHALL BE MADE ON A YEARLY BASIS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14044-05-4

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