A5366B-2011 Actions

• Jun 20, 2011: substituted by s5431a
• Jun 20, 2011: rules report cal.467
• Jun 20, 2011: reported
• Jun 17, 2011: amend and recommit to rules 5366b
• Jun 17, 2011: reported referred to rules
• Jun 16, 2011: reported referred to ways and means
• May 31, 2011: print number 5366a
• May 31, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to health
• Feb 16, 2011: referred to health

A5366B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 5366--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 February 16, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RUSSELL,  CAHILL,  BARCLAY, BURLING, LIFTON,
 GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KOLB, PALMESANO, SAYWARD  -
 read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- reported and referred to the  Committee  on  Ways
 and  Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules
 Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
 recommitted to the Committee on Rules
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to payments to rural
 hospitals designated as critical access hospitals
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 2807 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:

 (J)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR ANY
 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ON AND AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWELVE,  RATES  OF PAYMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER
 SERVICES, EMERGENCY  SERVICES,  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  OUTPATIENT  SERVICES,
 AMBULATORY  SURGICAL SERVICES AND REFERRED AMBULATORY SERVICES, PROVIDED
 BY A RURAL HOSPITAL DESIGNATED AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN  ACCORD
 ANCE  WITH TITLE XVIII OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SHALL BE EQUAL
 TO ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF THE REASONABLE  COSTS  OF  A  FACILITY  IN
 PROVIDING  SUCH  SERVICES  TO  PATIENTS  ELIGIBLE  FOR  PAYMENTS MADE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. REASONABLE COSTS SHALL  BE  DETERMINED
 IN  A  MANNER  CONSISTENT WITH THAT USED TO DETERMINE PAYMENT FOR OUTPA
 TIENT CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL SERVICES  PROVIDED  TO  BENEFICIARIES  OF
 TITLE  XVIII  OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. FOR FACILITIES WITHOUT
 ADEQUATE COST EXPERIENCE, SUCH RATES SHALL BE BASED  ON  BUDGETED  COSTS
 SUBSEQUENTLY  ADJUSTED  TO  ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF REASONABLE ACTUAL
 COSTS.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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