Assembly Bill A8516

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Chapter amends S.5644 and A. 8306, to direct the commissioner of health to seek federal approvals for use of certified public expenditures for public hospitals

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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-A8516 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5833
Law Section:
Health
Laws Affected:
Amd §213, add §214-a, Chap 474 of 1996 (as proposed in S. 5644 and A. 8306)

2011-A8516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Chapter amendment to S. 5644 and A. 8306, to direct the commissioner of health to seek federal approvals for use of certified public expenditures for certain payments to public general hospitals on behalf of recipients of medical assistance.

2011-A8516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8516

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 23, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN  ACT to amend chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, amending the education
  law and other laws relating  to  rates  for  residential  health  care
  facilities,  in  relation  to utilization of certified public expendi-
  tures for certain payments to public general hospitals

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

  Section  1.  Section  213 of chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, amending
the education law and other  laws  relating  to  rates  for  residential
health  care  facilities,  as  amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2011
amending chapter 474 of the laws of 1996 amending the education law  and
other  laws  relating  to  rates for residential health care facilities,
relating to payments by social services  districts  for  public  general
hospitals,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5644 and A.8306,
is amended and a new section 214-a is added to read as follows:
  S 213.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision  of  law  or  regu-
lation  to the contrary, the social services district in which an eligi-
ble public general hospital is physically located shall  be  responsible
for  the  payments  for  such  public  general hospital as determined in
accordance with sections two hundred eleven and two  hundred  twelve  of
this  act  for  all  hospital  services  provided by such public general
hospital in accordance with section 365-a of the  social  services  law,
regardless of whether another social services district or the department
of  social  services may otherwise be responsible for furnishing medical
assistance to the eligible persons receiving  such  services.    To  the
extent  permitted  by  the  federal  Centers  for  Medicare and Medicaid
Services, the social services district's responsibility for payments may
be fulfilled through  public  expenditures  certified  by  the  eligible
public general hospital located in the social services district as meet-
ing the requirements for the payments authorized by sections two hundred

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13210-01-1
              

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