Bill Text: NY A00238 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the number of days within a twelve month period a facility may receive reimbursement for a reserved bed.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A00238 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00238-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 238 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GUNTHER, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the number of days within a twelve month period a facility may receive reimbursement for a reserved bed The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 25 of 2 section 2808 of the public health law, as amended by section 2 of part E 3 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 (ii) payment to a facility for reserved bed days provided on behalf of 5 such person for therapeutic leaves of absence may not exceed ten days in 6 any twelve month period. Provided, however, should such person's indi- 7 vidual care plan provide for therapeutic leave, payment to a facility 8 for reserve bed days on behalf of such person for non-hospitalization 9 leaves may not exceed twenty-five days in any twelve month period. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01911-01-9
