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Senate Bill S10008A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires examination and reporting on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies

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Bill Amendments

2025-S10008 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10289
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §32, Pub Health L

2025-S10008 - Summary

Requires the Medicaid inspector general to exam and report to the legislature on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies.

2025-S10008 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10008 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10008
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  examining  and
   reporting on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 27 of section 32 of the public  health  law  is
 renumbered  subdivision  28 and a new subdivision 27 is added to read as
 follows:
   27. (A) TO EXAMINE THE LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES AND FISCAL
 INTERMEDIARIES COST REPORTS AND REPORT BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEM-
 BER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN.  SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL INCLUDE AN
 ANALYSIS OF ALL COSTS INCLUDING WAGES PAID, GENERAL OVERHEAD,  TRAINING,
 TECHNOLOGY,  HUMAN  RESOURCES  AND  OTHER  ADMINISTRATIVE  COSTS AND ANY
 MARGIN. SUCH ANALYSIS SHALL ALSO INCLUDE  A  COMPARISON  BY  REGION  AND
 PROVIDER TYPE;
   (B)  TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
 ACTUAL COST REPORTS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND
 THE RELATED INSTRUCTIONS; AND
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14823-01-6

2025-S10008A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10289
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §32, Pub Health L

2025-S10008A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the Medicaid inspector general to exam and report to the legislature on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies.

2025-S10008A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10008A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10008--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 examining and
   reporting on cost reports from licensed home care service agencies

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  27 of section 32 of the public health law is
 renumbered subdivision 28 and a new subdivision 27 is added to  read  as
 follows:
   27.  TO  EXAMINE THE LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES COST REPORTS
 AND REPORT BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-SEVEN.   SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL INCLUDE  AN  ANALYSIS  OF  ALL  COSTS
 INCLUDING  WAGES  PAID,  GENERAL  OVERHEAD,  TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY, HUMAN
 RESOURCES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND ANY MARGIN.  SUCH  ANALYSIS
 SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A COMPARISON BY REGION AND PROVIDER TYPE; AND
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14823-03-6

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