Assembly Actions -
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Jun 12, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S7655
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- 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
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S7655 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10701
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2807-c, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
A403
2011-S7655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7655 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reimbursement for hip and knee replacement cases at certain hospitals PURPOSE: To make financially viable an important Orthopedic/Sports Medicine program at a small rural hospital that treats mainly patients enrolled in commercial insurance plans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would require that on and after January 1, 2010, the hip and knee replacement cases at certain hospitals be reimbursed based on the diagnosis-related groups and weights in place on December 31, 2007 in accordance with subdivision .3 of section 2807-c of the Public Health Law. JUSTIFICATION: In 2008, the Department of Health began implementing revised service intensity weights. Service intensity weights recognize the typical resource consumption of a particular type of case, and thus impact reimbursement for the case. Concerns were expressed that the new weights did not properly include the cost of orthopedics and prosthetics for hip and knee replacements, and that there may have
2011-S7655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7655 I N S E N A T E June 12, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- 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 reimbursement for hip and knee replacement cases at certain hospitals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 35 of section 2807-c of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows: (J) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDI- VISION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, A GENERAL HOSPITAL THAT AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN HAD FORTY INPATIENT BEDS AND WAS LOCATED IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN SEVENTY THOUSAND AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SHALL HAVE ITS HIP JOINT REPLACEMENT AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT CASES CLASSIFIED AND WEIGHTED BASED ON THE DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS AND WEIGHTS IN EFFECT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVEN PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15014-01-2
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