Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 29, 2014 |
tabled vetoed memo.574 |
Dec 17, 2014 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2014 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1682 substituted for s7800 |
Jun 20, 2014 |
substituted by a9421a ordered to third reading cal.1682 |
Jun 10, 2014 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7800
Vetoed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
There are no sponsors of this bill.
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9421 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2013-S7800 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S7800 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7800 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region PURPOSE: This bill would facilitate health improvement in the Rochester region by funding regional health improvement projects and by providing a stable source of graduate medical education funding to ensure and maintain the adequate supply of physicians to provide care in the region. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: All health insurers and self-insured employers currently pay what are called "covered lives assessments" (CLA). These are monthly payments based on the number of insured persons residing within each region of the State. The existing CLA process funds a number of important health financing objectives. This bill would incorporate two additional program areas in the Rochester region only that have been deemed by healthcare stakeholders in the region to be a priority. The CLA assessments already vary in amount by region and the proposed adjustment would affect only insurers and self-insured plans for their covered persons in the Rochester region. Most of the increased funding for graduate medical education would be offset by decreases in
2013-S7800 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7800 I N S E N A T E June 10, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to covered lives assessments in the Rochester region THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2807-s of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: (G) A FURTHER GROSS ANNUAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THE ROCHESTER REGION BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION DOLLARS. FOR CALENDAR YEARS TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THAT AMOUNT SHALL BE INDEXED FOR STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE INFLATION IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM ALL COMPUTATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-T OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. Subdivision 7 of section 2807-s of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: (D)(I) FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO PARA- GRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO A REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR USE IN FUNDING REGIONAL HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL DISBURSE THOSE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, OR PURSU- ANT TO GRANTS MADE BY THE ORGANIZATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARA- GRAPH. DISTRIBUTION OF ANY GRANT FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL BE PURSUANT TO A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. THE REGIONAL HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT GRANT FUND PROJECTS SHALL INCLUDE THREE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR A SHARED COMMUNITY HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED ON THE BASIS OF COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY-WIDE PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES, HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOL- OGY, AND TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING ORGAN- IZATION. THE HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14795-03-4
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