NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8222

Senate Bill S8222

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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May 23, 2025	referred to health

2025-S8222 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2826, Pub Health L

2025-S8222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to approve certain reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions that are designed to work collaboratively on efforts to improve nursing home efficiency, staffing, and quality of care.

2025-S8222 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8222

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reimbursement
rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public
skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions

 
PURPOSE:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reimbursement
rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public
skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section One: Establishes that the commissioner would be authorized to
grant approval to eligible nursing home facilities in any of the five
nursing home regions of New York pending a sufficient application for
such funds.

Section Two: Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The dire financial and capacity challenges facing the Rochester area
not-for-profit hospital systems and long-term care facilities (nursing
homes) are unique in severity and causation, as recently acknowledged by
Department of Health Commissioner McDonald during the Health/Medicaid
Joint Legislative Budget Hearing. This legislation will help address
these unique financial and capacity challenges which are impeding hospi-
tal systems' abilities to discharge patients to nursing homes. Allowing
all eligible programs in the five nursing home regions of Upstate New
York to work collaboratively will make region-wide care more efficient,
and of higher quality. Funding the Upstate CINERGY Demonstration Project
will provide a restored continuum of care to some of our community's
most vulnerable populations while incentivizing improved quality, effi-
ciencies, and fiscal soundness at our not-for-profit nursing homes.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8222
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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  reimbursement
   rates  for  certain  programs established by not-for-profit and public
   skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2826 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (h) to read as follows:
   (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT APPROVAL TO ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED
 BY NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND PUBLIC SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES IN  ANY  OF  THE
 FIVE  NURSING  HOME  REGIONS  IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO
 WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON EFFORTS  TO  IMPROVE  NURSING  HOME  EFFICIENCY,
 STAFFING, AND QUALITY OF CARE. UPON APPLICATION BY THE REGIONAL PROGRAM,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL APPROVE THOSE REGIONS WHICH APPLY FOR SUCH DESIG-
 NATION  WHO  CAN  DEMONSTRATE,  TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMMISSIONER,
 THAT THE PROGRAMS PRESENT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE
 QUALITY OF NURSING HOME CARE AND SERVICES AND THAT  APPROPRIATE  PROGRAM
 STRUCTURAL SAFEGUARDS ARE INCLUDED TO PREVENT ANY COLLUSION OR ANTI-COM-
 PETITIVE PRACTICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13192-01-5

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