Assembly Bill A8306

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes social services districts to fulfill their payment obligations to public general hospitals by public expenditures for the benefit of such 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-A8306 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5644
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §213, Chap 474 of 1996

2011-A8306 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes social services districts to fulfill their payment obligations to public general hospitals by public expenditures for the benefit of such hospitals.

2011-A8306 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8306

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2011
                               ___________

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

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 payments by social services districts for
  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, is amended 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
ELEVEN AND TWO HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ACT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13004-01-1

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