Senate Bill S825

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to payments for residential health care facilities in Essex county

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S825 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A519
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §367-x, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S7431, A10678

2011-S825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing residential health care facilities meeting certain requirements located in Essex county reimbursement at rate of forty percent above the rate set forth in 10 NYCRR section 86-2.10.

2011-S825 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 825                                                    A. 519

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD -- read once and  referred
  to the Committee on Social Services

AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to payments for
  residential health care facilities in Essex county

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
367-x to read as follows:
  S 367-X. PAYMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN ESSEX COUN-
TY. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITIES  MEETING FIVE OF THE FOLLOWING SIX
CATEGORIES:
  (A) THE FACILITY IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT FACILITY LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA;
  (B) THE FACILITY IS A HOSPITAL AFFILIATED FACILITY;
  (C) THE FACILITY IS IN A RURAL AREA AND IN A COUNTY  WHERE  MORE  THAN
FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE;
  (D) THE FACILITY HAS OVER SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF MEDICAID PAYOR MIX;
  (E)  THERE  IS  JOB RETENTION AND/OR CREATION FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY PEOPLE PER FACILITY; AND
  (F) THE FACILITY IS LOCATED IN ESSEX COUNTY;
SHALL BE REIMBURSED AT A RATE OF FORTY PERCENT ABOVE THE RATE SET  FORTH
IN 10 NYCRR SECTION 86-2.10 FOR ALL CARE PROVIDED AT SUCH FACILITY.
  2. THE TERM "RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES" SHALL MEAN ALL FACIL-
ITIES  OR ORGANIZATIONS COVERED BY THE TERM "NURSING HOME" AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW, INCLUDING HOSPITAL-BASED RESIDENTIAL HEALTH  CARE  FACILITIES,  AND
NURSING  FACILITIES  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 1919 OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL

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

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